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2012-01-01T01:56:00.002+08:00

Hello 2012! :)

For the start of a new year, I'm officially using Tumblr as THE place for me to blog from now on. I've shared many memories on Blogger from end 2006 till today. While I decided to switch to Tumblr for plain convenience, it's an apt time to close my entries on this blog when I think about it. Many things happened in the past 5 years, which really created a deep impression on my memory and taught me great lessons. While I will never forget this significant part of my life, it is now all in the past and 2012 marks a brand new start for the next chapter of my life.

I know life is never smooth sailing and that there are many challenges waiting ahead for me. I am ready to face them and will have such courage, as long as I have my loved ones stand by me. No matter what happens, we will overcome them together :)

Happy 2012~

2011-12-24T00:19:00.003+08:00

Happy 27th month :)

Haha this photo was taken 2 days ago when Yan Rui and I went to watch Wicked together. We bought the tickets more than 3 months back! It's our first time watching a professional musical together. What a wise choice! The story was meaningful, the actors were great and we both enjoyed the show immensely... Look forward to appreciating more amazing musicals together :D

2011-12-05T23:14:00.001+08:00

喜欢律师这个职业，可是只喜欢这专业的一部分工作。多希望可以自己开公司呢！向往能以自己的知识帮助别人，可是好害怕需要不分昼夜地工作。连机器都需要休息，何况是人？好害怕我会很快就 burn out... 这两个星期，加油吧！

2011-11-28T15:33:00.005+08:00

最近看完了一部台湾偶像剧。在电视上看了第一集后觉得还蛮特别的，就上网找。到最后，我从中学到的道理，可以用最后一集中的一句话来总结:

你的过去，你的名字，你的真心... 它们，真的很重要。
－《拜金女王》第22集

从剧中，我对“过去”和“名字”的理解是前者代表人生经历，后者代表个人身份。我想“真心”就不必解释了吧？哈哈。女主角因为小时候的遭遇而盲目追求物质享受，但其实这并不是她真正想要和需要的。故事发展到后面，一位老富豪为了让男女主角勇敢地拿出他们的真心，做了一连串的事情。这句话就是出自他的口。很难在这里表达我对这句话的了解... 看这部剧就会深深体会啦！

还有，我现在脑里一直哼着这部剧的其中一首插曲。我想爱就是这种感觉吧。哈哈。

《一百万种亲吻》
演唱：梁文音
作词：吴易纬
作曲：阿沁（FIR）
青春奋不顾身成熟理性评分
长大後人遗失单纯
追寻你而启程奉献美丽人生
为你我不觉得牺牲
初恋伤痕多深我就多认真
勇敢爱也能勇敢恨
勇敢承认是我忍不住沉沦
是你让爱情再一次重获新生

一百万种亲吻比不上你一吻
味道是诚恳是责任是种永恒
一百万种亲吻比不上你虔诚
是真爱钥匙开启了最幸福的我们

一百万种亲吻唯有你的一吻
安抚我心疼我失温让我安稳
一百万种亲吻来自你的灵魂
所以我执着我认真我爱着你
所以我执着我认真我爱得比谁深

其实很多看起来主题很肤浅的戏，往往是让我学习到最多的。也许是因为那些看似深奥的戏，有时太做作，或是太抽象了，反而约束我的个人想法，让我很难更深一层地思考和探讨其中的道理。所以虽然算是偶像剧，男女主角也不是我之前所欣赏的，我还是觉得值得我继续看到剧终。

2011-03-24T00:50:00.001+08:00

1 year + 6 months =)

2011-03-11T17:37:00.002+08:00

昨晚，梦里的那一天是我的生日。

人们说：“日有所思，夜有所梦”，我只同意一小部分而已。白天想的，晚上有可能会梦到。晚上梦的，白天不一定有想过。我每晚都做梦，这方面的经验最丰富了。哈哈... 就拿昨晚来说，我没有一直想着过生日呀！对我而言，生日就和其他日子一样，只不过又得加多一岁。而在大学我非常喜欢过生日，是因为生日都在假期！所以我向往的是无忧无虑的假期啦。哈哈！何况，我梦里每次都出现一些陌生人呢。想念没看过的脸孔，要怎么做到？

嗯... 想起来，也许我梦到生日是因为昨天是大哥的生日？哈哈！听起来有点胡扯。

说到生日就想起星座。以前我还蛮相信星座的，觉得有些特征真的是能在某些同样星座的人找到。可是自从爆出其实还有多一个星座的时候，我完全对这门学问失去了信心与兴趣。不过那天妈妈跟我谈她的性格时，我发现有些地方真的和彦睿很像。然后就很自然地说：“哦，你们两个都是十二月生的。一个四号，一个十号。” 妈妈也很顺口地回答：“对喔，他也是射手座。”哈哈。哎呀，我想这种事应该是信则有，不信则无的啦。

啊，是时候继续做我的功课了。真希望这一切都只是一场漫长的梦，让我醒来就顺利毕业。哈哈。

2011-02-24T23:42:00.004+08:00

Today, went to watch soccer live at the stadium for the first time. It's Home United vs Gombak, at Bishan stadium. Anyways, Yan Rui and I reached the stadium with the intention of buying two tickets. But when we reached, we could not find the ticket booth. When we found it, there was nobody inside. Why? Cos' he was at the gate giving out free tickets. What a lucky day for us. Heehee!

Of all the female friends I have, only one friend (Diana Ang Hui Yi) watches soccer. I used to have no interest in it too, cos' they usually only have a goal once or twice for the whole game (sometimes even none!), so it can then be quite boring. Initially I started only because I wanted to accompany Yan Rui for something he enjoys, but now I'm learning to appreciate it...
When we watched it on the TV, the soccer players look very small. But still, there are strategy and skills involved. What I enjoy most is listening to Yan Rui answer patiently to my endless questions about what is going on, and the fun of cracking jokes about the game.
After the live game today, I've gained a new perspective about soccer. I now see it as a form of art, the beauty in the way it's played. I especially enjoyed taking photos, because there's so much action for me to frame and freeze!
This is one of my favourite pictures of the night. Makes me think of evolution... The guy in red is from Home United, chased by three Gombak players. Don't u think it looks like some kind of dance? Haha...
Unfortunately, there wasn't much atmosphere to speak of, because the audience were mostly quiet. However, many SCDF cadets (a few buses worth) were there to support their team, Home United (Yan Rui tell me one). So once in awhile, they would cheer a bit... Which sounded quite nice. So it would've been good if the whole stadium was filled with such encouraging sounds, instead of booing or even scoldings! When this player was paralysed with pain, one uncle shouted "ehh wake up laa!". Haha...

In the end, Home United scored three goals and Gombak got an egg. I guess it was kind of expected? Since Yan Rui had told me from the start that Home United is quite a strong team. Shall go and see other teams next time! The game wasn't especially exciting, but I loved the company, the cool night breeze and the happy snapping of their dance moves! :D

2011-02-22T01:15:00.007+08:00

Today is 22.02.2011. I think the number is pretty nice! :) but I've got nothing to update for today. Haha! Last week more happening.

18th February
Finally met up with my Beatty Band friends! This year we try to make an effort to meet at least every 2 months! Haha... Wanted to have a whole day program, but it kinda failed cos' everyone's so busy! The rest were not free, so in the afternoon I met up with Kat for lunch first.
We had steamboat at POMO. Hmm I think their standard dropped. The soup is not as milky as before! It even turns clear after boiling for awhile. Haha... Maybe all the milk evaporated xD during lunch, Kat informed me that the Toto prize for that night is $10 million! So I bought a ticket too when we were on our way out of POMO :P but obviously I didn't win, cos' or else I wouldn't be here blogging anymore! I'd be happily planning some business. Haha!

After lunch, we still had quite a lot of time to spare before our next appointment, so went to catch a movie! Kat suggested Black Swan, and so we happily went to buy the movie tickets! Unbeknown to me, it was M18! I thought Singapore censorship had relaxed so much... Haha and I can't help but keep whispering to Kat throughout the movie cos' I was so scared! Worse than horror movie. Haha. Hope I wasn't too much of a disturbance! :P

At night, I drove all the way to Jurong Point, cos Susanna and Hui Xin were stuck at Pulau NTU and Shang Yi is doing her attachment somewhere there too.
Here we are at New York New York. Susanna always eats pasta!! Luckily I quite like it too. Haha! It was already quite late when we finished dinner, but meeting just for dinner just isn't enough. So for the second part of our program, we drove all the way to Pasir Panjang... Sana's house!
For mahjong session. Played till past midnight. Haha! In the end, Hui Xin won. She is super pro... Luckily we play with 10 cents 20 cents stakes, if not Carolyn (the biggest loser! Hahaha) would be broke by the end of the game. Let's play again soon (I say so cos' I won some money too! Haha).

19th February
It's my prof's wedding! He invited all his students, so touching... I was taught by him during year 1 for Legal Research and Writing and this term, coincidentally, he's teaching me Family Law.
We bought a present for him (bible verse calligraphy) and I wrapped it using a wrapper I've kept for a long time... It was one of my favourite wrappers! I bought it to keep de lehh... See, so cute right... But anyways, such things would only be meaningful if used :)
Here we are at ACS(I). I like the slides that were displayed during Prof's wedding... The photos are so beautiful! The one on the screen here is taken by Prof himself. Love the waterfall! Their pose is quite interesting too :)
There was a large variety of food at the wedding and it was quite fun too! Cos' there were live food stalls (satay, mee siam, etc.) and also instant photo prints! So everybody gets to bring home at least one photo of themselves taken at the wedding by the professional photographers. Could really feel the love and bliss from this wedding, with my prof smiling so widely throughout (he doesn't really smile usually)! He even took the effort to create the montage, shoot a wedding video and take bridal pictures on his own. A very sincere man *thumbs up*
So professional. Haha! And I spotted at least 5 people with professional DSLRs snapping away. Not sure if they are hired or they are just his friends who are into photography too xD
This is the decorated entrance. A simple and beautiful wedding :)

2011-02-03T01:06:00.005+08:00

新年快乐！Saved this post 1 hour into 初一，but only got down to blogging today on 初九！Anyways, here are the highlights from the eve and first four days of Lunar New Year 2011 :)

2nd February (除夕)
It is Lunar New Year's eve! As usual...
Pray to ancestors from morning to afternoon! They "ate" first, then our turn! So that's our own family's reunion lunch.
Then at night, my aunt and uncles and their family came over for a big reunion dinner. Here we are preparing to 捞 the homemade 鱼生 my mama prepared. Super yummy! Totally win all those that restaurants sell.
This year, we had more "activities" on this night. After dinner, bros, Dom and I played a few rounds of Monopoly Deal. Fun! (Actually the game is alright only, but it's enjoyable playing with the right people!)
When everyone had went home, we started to write calligraphy! Haha... My parents say this is called 挥春。See the 兔年行大运？There are 5 of us in my family, so each of us wrote on word! Guess which one is written by me? It should be quite easy to guess if you know my handwriting well :) See that 财神 there? I drew it! Heehee!

3rd February (初一)
Next morning... 新年快乐！
D-kor and I hung up the calligraphy works. My mum was just there to pose for the photo! Haha!
After a whole day of house visits, we had another "reunion dinner" at Novena, with close relatives from my mother's side! These are my cousins, with my 2 bros standing behind... Cos they are the OLDest! :P

4th February (初二)
In the morning, I drove to Yan Rui's house to 拜年 after having breakfast.
After which, he came home with me to 向我父母拜年。
There was lion dance again! Many relatives came and some of the adults were super excited, eagerly catching the vegetables and oranges that the "lion" threw towards the crowd. It supposedly brings good luck... I think more specifically, wealth. Haha!

5th February (初三)
Time to stay home and wait for people to visit!
Here are my nieces are nephews! So cute hor? Heehee... Too bad they don't know me well, so they were quite shy... So all I could do was hold a camera and happily snap away while they play amongst themselves! My mum was elated hearing the joyful laughter of children and seeing them run around the house! Hopefully our home would filled with even more happy, active children in future! ;) hohoho~~

6th February (初四)
This day, EVEN MORE people came!
My relatives, my parents' friends and even my big bro's friends! 3 tables of mahjong and we even ordered buffet! Can imagine how lively it was... Luckily there was enough space at home! Haha... It's a bit tiring, but I do enjoy such gatherings once in awhile! Especially since my cousins and I had much fun playing Monopoly Deal again! :)

祝大家身体健康，万事如意，步步高升！

2011-01-19T23:56:00.010+08:00

今天和一个大学同学聊天，她告诉我关于一个组员的谣言，让我想起了一句话。

去年，我看了台湾剧《光阴的故事》，赞！我从剧中领悟到了很多道理，让我印象深刻的台词也数不胜数。其中一句是主人翁孙一美所说的“流言止于智者”（当然，这句话不是出自编剧，而是荀子）。我非常认同这句话，它准确地表达了我“不去多加解释别人因谣言而对自己产生的误解”这个想法。更重要的是，我认为相信自己的人，不必说，或是简单、直接地说，对方就会理解。不懂的人，怎么说也不会通的。还有，如果自己是听到谣言的那个人，可以听，可以讨论，但绝不可以下定论。就算跟朋友 gossip，也万万不可把别人对其他人的看法当成是事实。有时候是误解，有时候只是那两个人性格不和。所以啊，最重要还是要先经过自己的判断才下定论！不只是得相信世上有智者，自己也要学习当个智者... 不能达到“有智慧”，也至少要增加点智商。所以这句话，我会铭记于心。

2011-01-13T23:15:00.002+08:00

Yesterday Yan Rui came to meet me after school... We drove to Connaught Drive and parked our car there, then walked to The Arts House.
Timbre! Yan Rui and I always went to the one behind The Substation, cos it's near my school... Then he told me he'd bring me here, saying that the ambience is good (he had came here once before for his officer graduation dinner, or whatever it's called! Haha). But we never had the time to come. So this year, we decided to come here before all the school work and stress starts pouring in! In the end, we had two baskets of Timbre chicken wings! Each had a drink... And one Three Cheese Pizza!
The scenery was great...
Having satisfied our stomachs and feeling very full, we took a walk along the Singapore River... I love night strolls! :)

The next day, I had no lesson! Three day week this term ;)
We went to the Singapore Flyer for a ride! Remember the McDonald's Monopoly lucky draw last year? Yan Rui managed to get the "2-for-1" Singapore Flyer offer... So it was his treat! Heehee... Since both of us had never went there before, we decided to go and try it out.
The ride was about 30 min long. There wasn't much to see for the first half, because one side is blocked by the other half of the wheel and the other side is the unfinished Marina Bay. It was only when the wheel turned to this side of the Marina Bay that we started snapping away furiously. But I think having so many people in one capsule kind of makes it less enjoyable. After all, it's quite weird to be stuck in mid air with a group of people whom I do not know. Worse still if they are inconsiderate beings. Haha anyways, I still treasured the experience! :)

To think of it, my family always go overseas for holidays... But maybe we should get to know our own country first? It would be quite embarrassing if I can recommend places to go in a foreign land but am dumbfounded when a foreigner asks me about my homeland! Shall tour around Singapore more ;)

2011-01-05T02:11:00.008+08:00

I remember I used to love completing puzzles. Thinking about the process of it, I realised that there's a good reason to the saying "opposites attract". It's just like 2 puzzle pieces. The edges r opposites... But tt's how they r able to complement each other n fit perfectly, forming a strong bond...

Ok anyways, just a random thought. Today... Happy bday again Diana! Really feels like yesterday that we just celebrated your 21st. Haha... Celebrated Diana's bday on 3rd Jan, after my lesson on Monday. (Diana, I shall reveal what we were doing before u came)
Met up with Yan Yin before Diana! Was thinking of shopping around to see if there's anything we can buy, but then realised that at this age, there isn't really much to buy! Unless we happen to know something she wants and can afford it. Haha... So we ended up just making her a card and a "kiss voucher". Here, Yan Yin tried imprinting her lips on the piece of paper, but failed. Doesn't look nice! So we decided to just write down what Diana may claim rather than print a real one, lest she freaks out. Haha!
So here is the card. Diana looks really happy! Hohoho... She must be laughing at the funny way that we write the card! As if Yan Yin and I are having a conversation with her. Or maybe she's feeling amused at how she can't decipher what Yan Yin is writing? That's quite possible. Haha! Yan Yin, go back and train your writing to get your high distinctions ;)
Here we are at NewYorkNewYork :) the waiter came to offer us cotton candy, but only I raised my hand to take one. Too bad for the both of u! Yummy~~ Hope u enjoyed your bday meal, Diana!

Back to today, mum and I picked up Aunty Doreen and Yan Rui at Kovan mrt station. We went to pay respects to my cousin at a church located there, where his ashes are placed... For 11 years already. What feelings did I experience when I was there? Hmm... Not sure. I felt like I wanted to talk to him? To tell him what I've been up to... Ask him what's happening at his side? I know I'd never get an answer, but... I guess much as people often talk about reciprocity, sometimes it just doesn't matter anymore. 也许是一种自我安慰的方式吧。 *shrugs* But in the end, I just looked at his photo when I was there, listening to my mum's occasional sighs.

After helping Samuel clean his photo and beautify his environment with flowers, we went for lunch at a hawker centre beside Heartland Mall. Then I sent Aunty Doreen home before going to school with Yan Rui. After lesson, Yan Rui and I went for dinner.
Tried Nando's again. It's so famous that I don't believe myself for thinking it didn't taste very nice when I tried it some time ago with my SMU schoolmate. This time I tried another dish, which is supposedly the specialty I think. Moreover, it's chicken thigh, give them chance to score u know? But I was still disappointed. The first piece tasted quite good, the second piece was alright, then by the time I reached the third piece, I thought we should've went to eat McDonald's instead. For that price, it really isn't worth. I shall not go back again unless I have to due to other circumstances. Nevertheless, still enjoyed dinner! After all, it's the company that counts :)

2011-01-01T02:29:00.003+08:00

On the last day of 2010, my family gathered as always. Our family's getting bigger though! Hopefully next year would also some small and cute additions... Heehee!
Here's mum, aunt and Lanie busying in the kitchen for our new year eve dinner! We had a mix of Japanese, Western and Chinese food :)
Aunty Doreen pours blue sparkling juice for us! It looks kind of weird, but tasted quite nice. Actually it was leftover from her Christmas party at my house. Haha! After a long dinner, we had a photo viewing session.
My godbro and godma came to join us too! Then we separated into our own entertainment groups after the slide show...
This is the adult section. Mahjong session for the ladies! My dad was sitting somewhere on the right doing work. Haha! That's my godma on the left seat.
Meanwhile, we youngsters entertain ourselves with console games! Yan Rui and Chin Win kor take on each other for a game of soccer. Yan Rui always win me, so this time my big bro helped me trash him. Haha. When it was near 00:00 of 01.01.11, we switched to watching the countdown program. We were stuck with the Singapore one... Which I must say is not very good xD well never mind, just watching it for the mood of it! 5... 4... 3... 2... 1...

HAPPY

NEW

YEAR!

2011, here we come :)

2010-12-30T22:54:00.005+08:00

Me.You.

Us. =)

2010-12-27T23:29:00.007+08:00

Negative thoughts are like cancerous cells.

At the first stage, when it first occurs, the damage may not be that great. Quickly remove it and the patient would be likely to recover fully. However, if left on it's own, it'd grow (stage two cancer) and affect other surrounding thoughts which were healthy and positive (stage three cancer). Finally at the last stage, even good things could be seen in a bad light. This weakens the patient's mind and she slowly breaks down... At this stage (final stage of cancer), it may be too late as the patient is almost wholly consumed by that negative thought. She starts to lose her senses (like infected organs breaking down)...

What may be done then? Just like cancer, it may be dealt with by (1) "chemotherapy", (2) "radiotherapy" and (3) "surgery". This translates to:

Taking anti-depressants. Relieving mental suffering through intake of chemicals, i.e. medicine.
Undergo counseling. Just like palliative radiotherapy, counseling would help to lessen pain and not to cure the problem itself. It helps to control the condition. In circumstances where counseling can act as a cure by destroying the negative thought, it is similar to that of curative radiotherapy, where the aim is to destroy the tumour.
Sew up the wound and let it heal. Look for the root of the problem and directly resolve it.

But as the saying goes, "prevention is better than cure". Unhappiness may give rise to serious consequences! According to the World Health Organisation (WHO) website, the main cancer prevention tips are to be (1 & 2) "tobacco free", (3) minimise "UV radiation" and to (4) take on a good strategy for "diet, physical activity". This translates to:

Don't smoke. When faced with any problems, don't just gloss over it or smoke your way through life. Face up to it!
Kick the addiction. Another tip that may be gleaned from being "tobacco free" is to be less persistent (别太执着)! Sometimes a subject only becomes an issue when it's being harped upon (钻牛角尖).
Stay positive. We always use the word "psycho". Don't expose yourself to negative and emotional ideas (like how being in contact with UV rays too much can cause skin cancer). Being around such bad influences can make you feel the same way in no time! For example, watching tragic shows with highly sensitive and paranoid women or men who wallow in self-pity.
Be social. Mix around, talk to people, take in a balanced diet of different opinions and considerations. This would prevent one from having wild thoughts, driven by inactivity and boredom! It would also help cultivate a less extremist way of thinking as views from others may act as a moderation.

These are tested and proven true... By me, on myself.

2010-12-24T22:33:00.004+08:00

It's Christmas Eve! Actually to me, it's just a reason to celebrate, not the reason to celebrate. Haha. So anyways, went to Jack's Place for lunch!
I had the cravings for their baked potato. In the end, I only managed to finish half of it, cos after drinking the soup, my stomach is already 1/3 filled. Haha... Went to the Ang Mo Kio branch. It was super crowded! I thought that Jack's Place is very empty all the time. Then I realised maybe it's cos they've got very good Christmas lunch promotion. We also ordered that!

Yan Rui had Turkey and Ham, I had Grilled Dory Fish. Actually I ordered the fish for him and I wanted to try turkey since it's supposedly the thing to eat for Christmas, but when the food came, the fish was given to me. Maybe I subconsciously still preferred fish =P moreover, I love grilled stuff! Haha... And indeed, the fish tasted nicer xD
What was more significant about today was actually our 15th month. Although we don't celebrate or what, it's just something we'd somehow remember when the date comes? Haha... So anyways, went to buy 4D! For fun. It's our first time filling it up! We even had to ask the cashier what some boxes meant. Haha.

So after all that, we walked back to Ang Mo Kio hub. On our way back, we saw a huge crowd gathered around once spot. We "kaypo" and walked towards the area to check out what's happening. Turned out that they were all looking at people film.
Chen Han Wei. He looked normal.
I love this Fann Wong look. Haha! I think she was very embarrassed with her "tut" look, so she went aside to hide. But I was on standby and once she looked up, I snapped a picture of her! She saw me doing that and quickly buried her face in her hands again. Haha!

After that, we went home to finish watching the HK drama series 读心神探。 Not bad, on the whole quite nice. Then at night went for dinner with D-kor and Yupei jie at Sushi Tei. Their treat! Muahaha =D

2010-12-23T23:51:00.003+08:00

我们踏出了迈向未来的下一步。真的好期待~ =)

2010-12-10T23:57:00.004+08:00

In the late afternoon, Chin Win kor, mummy and I drove to Punggol Field. A super ulu part of Singapore!
We were there in search of what is called the "lalang", according to my bro. There used to be many many fields of them, but now Punggol is undergoing huge development, so much of it were cleared to make way for HDB flats. We managed to find these only after walking quite a distance from the carpark.

Then at night, it's another birthday celebration!
This time, it's my mum's 55th birthday.We had dinner at Jumbo. The branch near Parliament House, at opposite Clarke Quay. Aunty Doreen and my parents ate crab, so they were given bibs. Quite cute! They were initially paiseh to put it on, cos' to them bibs are for babies! But since we were eating in a room, it's alright to be "babyish" in front of 自己人 I guess =P
This cake is from BakerzInn. Complimentary from Jumbo cos' mum is their member. Delicious mango cake. Now see liao also feel hungry *drools*.

2010-12-04T23:35:00.004+08:00

In the afternoon, had dim sum for lunch at Ion Orchard with my whole family and Aunty Doreen. Then went to my grandma's place, where she made red eggs for Yan Rui.

It's his first time having red eggs for birthday! Super delicious. Outside cooked, inside half-boiled. Yummy! I asked grandma her "secret" for making such eggs (you'll get to eat this every year for your birthday then! Start from this year) Haha ;) then at night celebrated with Yan Rui's family. Hope u had a happy 21st Birthday! :D

2010-11-01T22:36:00.002+08:00

Tonight, it was the first time I went for Pro Bono at Woodlands legal clinic. It was a great experience. Sitting in with the session between the lawyer and the applicant taught me some stuff, such as how to interview the client to source for information that is useful for the case. I'm in Year 3 Sem 1, yet it's my first time... Regret being so slacked in my first two years... But well, I joined band, so might not have the time anyways... Now that I'm not in the band anymore, shall make Pro Bono work my CCA. Haha... Not something formal, just try to volunteer as much as possible. Doing Pro Bono at the legal clinic actually motivates me, cos' it reinforces the passion I had when I wanted to study law. Hearing the applicants tell their story makes me want to help and advice so much... But I'm not qualified yet, so can only sit beside the lawyer to take notes for the time being. That's still enough to inspire me! Haha... Jiayou jiayou for the last 2 years of law school!!

2010-10-29T12:51:00.003+08:00

人们说，学好至少要三年，学坏却用不到三天。我想，人与人之间的感情也一样吧；需要多相处才会更要好，但翻脸却只需要吵个架，用三秒说出一些三字经，三年的友情就可以一拍两散（1+2=3）... 所以最好三思而后行！

三人行必有我师？我看呀，三人行必有我“失”还差不多。哈哈！

哇，好多“三”。

2010-10-25T22:33:00.004+08:00

近几日我都很关注娱乐新闻，因为早前看到关于 S.H.E 的 Selina 被烧伤的新闻。我并不是她的粉丝，也和她一点交情也没有，但这件不幸的事件，又让我有所反省。

我每次看戏，若喜欢那出剧，就会上网查询各个演员的资料。记得大概是两、三年前吧，我和妈妈一起看《少年杨家将》。这部连续剧由胡歌主演，饰演杨家七个儿子当中的“杨六郎”，非常俊俏。当我在阅读他的资料时，发现原来在他演出这部剧的那一年，曾出过大车祸，脸的右侧严重受伤，毁容了。然而，他并没有被这惨痛的经验摧毁。经过很多次的面部修复手术后，整回了自己原来的样貌。他把出车祸后每天写的日记收录成一本书，将款项都捐给在同一个车祸中丧命的助理的父母。

这两位艺人有什么共同点（除了都遭受皮肉之苦！）？他们都是外表出众的人。受众人的瞩目、崇拜、爱戴，甚至是嫉妒。然而，美丽和英俊的外表，在短短的一杀那，就可以完全摧毁。世上没有什么是永恒的，就连地球也有一天会消失。

十年前过世的表弟，我也已经无法很确定地回想起他样貌，但我会一直记得他的好。不只是我和他一起共度过的快乐童年，也包括他温和、善良的个性。就算 Selina 的皮肤没有以前嫩滑，她在家人朋友的眼里还是一个美丽的“公主 Selina”，因为她门真正欣赏的，不是她散发出“一阵阵花香”的“长头发”，而是她内心的“坚强”。

一个好人，对认识他的人来说，就算肉体化成灰，还是依然地美。与其花时间和精力在不长久的物质上，不如多放心思去做更有意义的事情。不一定要去做义工，可以先从对家人好开始。做好事不必像去逛街一样，特地去到百货公司，可以从每天的小事做起，积少成多！这也是对我自己的一个提醒... 大家就从今天开始吧！=)

2010-10-24T00:09:00.005+08:00

This is (part of) the view from my room window. Look at some remnants of the haze! It after the rain chased most of it away. I was thinking, the NEA should take this chance to educate Singaporeans on anti-pollution. Something like "The haze may fade, but pollution will stay. Take care of our environment starting from today". Haha! And then let Singaporeans know that if we do not take action, our children and grandchildren would live in this kind of environment permanently, something which we couldn't even stand for a few days!

OK anyways, celebrated my 2nd bro's bday yesterday, though the actual day is today! My family usually goes out for dinner before coming home to cut cake, but this time we simply ordered food from Pizza Hut back cos' the bday boy wanted to stay home.

Yan Rui and I were tasked to order for the delivery... And it came super early! Everyone was not back yet. But both of us were hungry, so...
乘机偷吃鸡腿！
还吃甜品！When everyone came back, we quickly destroyed all the evidence :P many exciting things (to me) happened on this day:

(Photo by bf)

Something HUGE lurking around... It's a dragonfly. I think it's at least thrice the size from what we usually see!
Godma brought mum to dye her hair... and she also collected her new specs.

(Photo by bf)

Bro went to take photos in his graduation robe at a studio. Cool~
Happy 25th D-kor! =)

2010-10-21T14:52:00.002+08:00

It was 17th October... But it was no ordinary Sunday! Met up with Beatty friends (a mixture of individuals who came from different groups... So no collective "clique name"!) for dinner! There were 7 of us in the car, with me as the driver! Heavy responsibility lo... Madeline was smart to take the front passenger seat and let the other 5 all squeeze behind! Haha... Picked everyone from Bishan n made our way to Fat Boys at Thomson!
My first time eating there. My burger was nice! :)
Oh... Actually, we met up for Shang Yi's bday! 21st lehh, special occasion! It was funny how we bought her a cake after dinner and simply let her bring it back to hostel without singing a bday song for her... I guess that's what happens when you've celebrated a person's bday for many years liao! Haha... Old friends le, sui bian laa :P

Hope u enjoyed the gathering! Today is actual day, happy 21st :)

On a related note, happy 21st bday to Hui Xin! Belated by one day... And our celebration for u will only happen very long later, cos of clash in schedule! Haha nvm, work hard for sch first laa hor? :P jiayou!

2010-10-15T02:01:00.005+08:00

今天男友陪我玩Scrabble，好过瘾！虽然男友说是他玩过最闷的游戏，他还是陪我玩！谢谢 =D

哦～最近越来越觉得男友有墨水，有时说的话让我有所领悟。不久前，经过他家附近大草地...

他叹道：今晚又没有人放风筝了...
我问：你很喜欢看人放风筝吗？
他答道：是呀。喜欢看风筝在空中飞，好逍遥。
我不是很明白，又问：风筝被绑着的，你也喜欢哦？
他很肯定地回答：有线绑着，所以好呀！这样一来才会又能体会在空中飞翔的自由，又有随时可以依赖的归宿。

啊... 人们常羡慕空中的鸟儿或是水中的鱼儿，因为他们无拘无束... 但男友这么一说，我还真的觉得其实人们渴望的是当支风筝！我记得以前常唱一首流行歌曲，曲名叫《就是爱你》。其中我最喜欢的一段词是“说你会永远陪着我//做我的根我翅膀让我飞也有回去的窝”－风筝与拉着线的人就是这样了！

我认为，这世界上所有的事都至少有两面，而就因为有正面才会知道什么是反面，反之亦然。一个从来没有体验过“归属感”的人，就不会懂得欣赏自由的“快活感”。一个有人管的孩子，才会向往自力更生的机会。

我喜欢天空的蓝，希望能在风中飘荡，
却不愿如白云般，抱着不知何去何从的无奈。
我想当一支风筝，偶尔尝尝自由飞翔，
但遇见风吹雨打，也还有人拉着引导我回家。

送给启发我的你 =)

2010-10-10T14:23:00.006+08:00

It must have been cold there in my shadow
To never have sunlight on your face
You were content to let me shine
That's your way
You always walked a step behind

So I was the one with all the glory
While you were the one with all the strength
I want you to know I know the truth
Of course I know it
I would be nothing without you

Did you ever know that you're my hero
You're everything I would like to be
I can fly higher than an eagle
You are the wind beneath my wings

Did I ever tell you you're my hero
You're everything everything I wish I could be
Oh and I, I could fly higher than an eagle
You are the wind beneath my wings
You are the wind beneath my wings

Oh the wind beneath my wings
You you you you are the wind beneath my wings

Fly fly fly high against the sky
So high I almost touch the sky
Thank you thank you
Thank God for you
The wind beneath my wings

I'm learning this song on the piano now... Was supposed to play Canon in D, but it's been played so much that I get a bit of a headache when I hear it again. Haha... So Ms.Chong let me choose a song from this pop piano book... It's actually from a movie titled "Beaches".

Well, I chose this song, "Wind Beneath My Wings" because I find the music very touching and the lyrics meaningful. It is easy to put up a glorious front and enjoy envious gazes from people who yearn for it... To show off and to receive praises... But it takes a person who really loves you to quietly support from behind, without ever thinking of sharing your glory, but only wishing you happiness... And when you know that you have such loved ones with you, life is worth its while, no matter how difficult it might have been.

For this, my life is as perfect as the date today signifies, and I thank my family :)

2010-10-01T00:34:00.003+08:00

还记得小时候顽皮的自己吗？
记得童年时的我... 每天无忧无虑，逍遥快活。总爱扮东扮西，活泼欢喜。

若有任何不高兴就大发脾气，有人哄、有人疼。

十二岁过后，就不是儿童了。
但二十岁过后...

在我们之中，找到了童年的我。

儿童节快乐 :)

2010-09-29T23:14:00.003+08:00

这一天，我不得不承认：
原来我，还是那么地执着。
只不过，是站在另一端琢磨。

2010-09-27T12:19:00.004+08:00

男友说，他不喜欢驾驶在高速公路上，因为就像现代人的忙碌生活一样。他还说，喜欢走在小路上，因为沿途有风景看。

如今生活繁忙，人们来来往往，来去匆匆，真的就如快速公路上的车辆... 速度稍微慢一些，很快就会被其他车辆超越。当别的车辆和自己“打招呼”时，就只是为了责备或是要求让路。高速公路上没有回头路，不允许走错路，否则就得半途退出，绕个大圈子从头再来。小路有交通灯，偶尔可以“停下轮子”看看四处，欣赏周围的一草一木。相比之下，在高速公路上就只能向前冲，若有半点疏忽，随时可能犯下永远匿补不了的错。

人生若一直驾驶在高速公路上，也许到达终点比较快，但一路上却错过了许多的美丽。人，不管想还是不想，最终的目的地都会是一样的。所以，若要拥有一个更有意义的人生，就把握机会走一走小路吧... 虽然会比较漫长，有时甚至比较困难，但至少这一路走下去会更精彩！更何况一路上有你陪呢？:)

2010-09-24T00:15:00.006+08:00

One year later, one more family.
With the only one, for one whole lifetime.
:D

2010-09-11T22:53:00.004+08:00

Shangyi going back UK... Met up with her on September 11th!
She brought along her own red flag to mark her territory on the field. Haha... No lah, just pose only. Don't know what is the red flag there for. Can recognise the place from the background?
Yeah~ This is NYJC! Although we've graduated for about 3 years liao, I still like to go back and hang around once in awhile! Haha... I didn't have any ideas what to do or where to go, so just suggested going back to NYJC to walk around =)
After that, we went to Clarke Quay for the Taiwan Food Fair! To join Yifang in spirit. Haha... The food prices are ok, but the queues are not! So long! The "orh lua" (oyster thingy) is good. Tastes different from the ones I've tried in Singapore. Better than Chomp Chomp one... Then we also had mango shaved ice. The mango is sweet and juicy! But the ice is not soft/thin enough.

Only went to two places but that's a few hours liao. Haha... Then Shangyi had to go meet her sec school friends. As for me, went to meet my family and aunts for dinner at Marina Square. So many of us that the restaurant had to attach 2 tables to the main one... It's cheerful to have everyone gathering together once in awhile! Look forward to a HUGE gathering sometime next year... *secretive* heehee... =P

2010-09-08T00:14:00.004+08:00

So, as most of you know, I had some problems with one particular wisdom tooth... Basically it was causing some discomfort lah. So I went to the dentist at NUH, and he gave me this:
To clean my tooth before the surgery (cos' I had to wait till after my presentation). Initially I was quite puzzled what am I supposed to do with this... I thought I was supposed to inject something into my gum... Only to realise later that this is just a syringe with a blunt needle that allows me to SPURT water at my gum. Quite lame. Didn't really use it in the end.

Anyways, after my very successful presentation (I consider it so because for the first time in 2 years of law school, I presented without a script and I actually KNOW what I was saying! Woohoo! And people were actually listening. Heehee... Thank you bf for lending me your luck!), I went for the surgery the next day. I thought I only needed to remove that one tooth that had grown out, but when I reached there, the dentist told me I have to remove all 4 eventually. He advised me to remove one side at a time then I can at least munch on the other side. So I removed only 2 wisdom teeth from the left side.

*Warning: Disgusting bloody pictures coming up.
Here's my extracted tooth. Raw.
After some washing.

Yucks. If you are wondering, those pink stuff are not my gums! Haha... Dentist says those are cyst. Ewww. He has no idea what caused those to appear too. The surgery was done with local anaesthetic and I could hear the dentist talking. He kept saying "why is the tooth so cystic?" and I thought to myself "sistic? Esplanade? concert tickets?"... Haha ya I was apparently quite bored.

For memory sake, I shall recount my experience POST-SURGERY now.

All was well straight after, but when the anaesthesia went off... *ARGH~* is all I can say. It was SO SUPER DUPER PAINFUL!!! I tried to take a nap after popping some painkillers when I reached home but just kept cringing and waking from the pain... (At this point, I must not forget to sweetly mention that my bf was with me all the time, and whenever I made some noise or fidgeted cos of the pain, he'd come over and gently hold my hand to calm me. Heehee...)

Then finally dinner time came, and I seemed to feel less pain. Mum prepared porridge for me... I thought my suffering was ending... BUT! Just as my family was eating fruits, I suddenly felt my heart beat stopping... I couldn't breathe... As if all the blood in my body is draining off, my body went limp and the surrounding went almost mute. I heard Yan Rui calling my mum, I heard my bro shouting "call the ambulance", I heard my mum saying "don't scare me" and my dad saying "breathe breathe breathe"...

How did all this chaos end? I vomited blood (plus some porridge) out. Then I broke out in cold sweat and life came back to me. There were two theories put forward to explain what caused my fainting experience. First, maybe I swallowed too much blood and so my body couldn't take it. Or perhaps, I took painkillers on an empty stomach and my gastric just protested really violently. No matter what the cause was, the feeling was indescribably terrible and I wish I would never go through it ever again.

One surgery and so much experience gained. No wonder it's called the wisdom tooth.

2010-08-27T15:58:00.001+08:00

"Later all your teeth drop off when you are old"
"Then when that happens, you will...?"
"Bring you go make dentures loe"

2010-08-18T12:48:00.005+08:00

帮了忙，记下来：有债要有还。
付出爱，投资不果：以恨来取代。

这种人生，无比悲哀。
到头来，只剩下孤单。

2010-07-26T23:41:00.002+08:00

两个哥哥都毕业了！

大哥二哥

哦，实在是感人... 他们的毕业典礼，我都笑得好开心呢！哈哈哈... 不过笑得最灿烂的，就是我的父母啦！现在他们只盼着我可以顺利毕业，两年后就能达成他们的心愿！到时，一家五个就有四个人穿着毕业礼服，妈妈坐在四个大学生的前面，我能想象她的笑容一定是英文所形容的"smile from ear to ear"！哈哈... 想起来我都觉得高兴呢！

最近几天都连续梦到和读书有关的事情，不过都是坏事。比如昨晚的就是第二天有开卷考试，我却一本课本都没有，因为全部都给了别人！在梦中我真的是慌了... 其实这种极端的“临时抱佛脚”情形是在反映真是生活中的我... 上个学期成绩出来后，考得很差，我怕了... 告诉自己，这个来临的新学期一定要努力，希望来得及补救！可是整个读书生涯都吊儿郎当的我，真的没有信心维持这把被点燃的火焰...

参加了两个哥哥的毕业典礼，自己也非常向往自己穿上毕业礼服的那一天呢... 我想，父母那开心、为哥哥们骄傲的表情，加上自己对于这一天的向往，会是这两年鞭撤我努力读书的源头吧！我还蛮期待一个用功的晓霖呢！=)

2010-07-24T01:39:00.000+08:00

Sweeter than Mars bars =P

2010-07-09T02:39:00.005+08:00

《说了再见》

天亮了雨下了你走了
清楚了我爱的遗失了
落叶飘在湖面上睡着了

想要放放不掉泪在飘
你看看你看看不到
我假装过去不重要却发现自己办不到

说了再见才发现再也见不到
我不能就这样失去你的微笑
口红待在桌脚而你我找不到
若角色对调你说好不好

说了再见才发现再也见不到
能不能就这样忍着痛泪不掉
说好陪我到老永恒往哪里找
再次拥抱一分一秒都好

天亮了雨下了你走了
清楚了我爱的遗失了
落叶飘在湖面上睡着了

想要放放不掉泪在飘
你看看你看看不到
我假装过去不重要却发现自己办不到

说了再见才发现再也见不到
我不能就这样失去你的微笑
口红待在桌脚而你我找不到
若角色对调你说好不好

你的笑你的好脑海里一直在绕
我的手忘不了你手的温度
心碎了一地捡不回从前的心跳伤心过去我无力逃跑

说再见才发现再也见不到
能不能就这样忍着痛泪不掉
说好陪我到老永恒往哪里找
再次拥抱一分一秒都好

2010-07-08T02:05:00.002+08:00

啊... 好久没写博客了哦... 现在 2am 了，大多数的人都睡着了... 其实昨晚有好多感触，却没有精力来写... 我发觉，当我脑袋空空时，话反而会很多... 头脑里装满了想说的话，却会说不出口... 这，就是有口难言吧？哈哈... 不是不想解释，只是会越抹越黑... 讲了，反而意思被误会... 不说，至少对方不会以为我亲口肯定了她心里先有的想法。

我记得，去年在人际方面曾发生过一些复杂的事情。当时我说过“清者自清”，没想到今年这句话又派上用场了。王力宏唱道：“这世界很复杂，混淆我想说的话”。今晚，我更加觉得，自己想法实在是太简单了。我还以为自己常想太多，但原来是想得不够。我真的不是不想解释，只是实在解释不来。我没有那种表达能力。在这种情况下，我只能说，“了解的人始终会了解，不了解的人怎么样也不会接受理由；一切都将是借口”。若已发展到了这种地步，那我选择保持沉默，以那四个字来回答。不能让情况好转，那就尽量减低破坏率吧。

有时被骂久了，真的会觉得自己有错。本来有心，被讲久了都会怀疑自己的用心。我也是人，而且是非常会反省的一个，所以也不例外。不断地问自己，得到的结论是：我对得起良心。以前爸爸曾说，我太 self-conscious （顾形象？），所以做事很受约束。现在，我承认某些方面（比如在学校 presentation 时）还是会在意别人看我的眼光，但在人与人之间的情感上，我可以说已经完全打消了这个概念。也许工作场合上的交际需要，但对于朋友、家人，如果还得这样的话，那也太假了吧... 没意义。如果把我当朋友的话，对我人格有任何的疑问，请直接问我，不要自己猜疑。否则，我也无所谓，因为还是那四个字。

这几天想着一句话：“对人好就要让对方感受得到／知道”。我想来想去，真的是想不通。以这个为定义的话，那我从来都未曾对任何人好过吧... 之前说过，我已经不管别人怎么看我了，因为实在很难控制别人的想法！我宁愿花多点心思想着如何做更多能让对方收益的事，也不要想破头去设法让对方能感受到。我相信，将来你一定会明白我的处境。

2010-07-02T03:16:00.000+08:00

其实应该去睡觉... 但是却害怕躺在床上...

2010-05-20T02:14:00.001+08:00

I'm off to Japan tonight...

Strength =)

2010-05-14T23:39:00.003+08:00

Finished watching another drama: 绝代商骄！Another Charmaine Sheh show... Now I seem to be interested only in watching her shows! Oops... Haha! So picky hor? =P I think this show is good. Relaxing and meaningful too. Heehee...

Ohh and I realised... The key to knowing the thoughts of the opposite sex is to watch more drama! Hahaha... Especially guys who are quite "wood". Actually I think girls are very easy to please de bah... The last episode of 绝代商骄 gives a very good lesson for guys on knowing women! Hahaha... I really laughed out loud for that few scenes! =D

Hmm... But now I got Post-Drama Syndrome. The few symptoms are:

Keep thinking of the scenes from the drama
Wake up each day thinking there are still more episodes to watch
Feels disappointed to later realise there's no continuation to the show

Yeap. I've not felt this way for a long time... Haha! I need more shows featuring Charmaine Sheh to recover! =P

2010-05-12T12:57:00.005+08:00

Disappeared for three days...
I had packed my stuff and ran away...
To a place peaceful and gay...
Spending with loved ones my day...
At a chalet! =D

Mum booked a bungalow at NSRCC for family retreat. Heehee... This place is super ulu! I have no idea how people can go in there without a car... There's no bus anywhere near! But the bungalow is very new and comfortable!
We played arcade...
Went for bowling...
And had a sumptuous meal at Jumbo restaurant there! This is a 鲍鱼。
And this is a 包 beside the empty shell trying to pass itself off as a 鲍。Haha! But I think it looks the same... In fact, I told my mum not to order the 鲍 for me, and preferred to eat the 包! Cheap and yummy =D but the shell of the 鲍鱼 is very pretty!

Yeap, so had a great time relaxing... But came back sick! Maybe had too much junk food =P I LOVE HOLIDAYS! =D

2010-05-09T23:14:00.006+08:00

It's Mother's Day! Got "mother", of cos' got child right... Went to celebrate my nephew's first bday!
He looks like a very mischievous boy. Haha! His party got playground, got Barney, got cartoonist, got multi-level cake... And the best part of it... Is that there's lots of kids around!

Boys...
And girls...
In case u think the last 2 pics are of the same girl, they are not. Both are my nieces, but one is wearing Minnie Mouse ears and another is wearing bunny ears. Haha! How I wish I can just grab any kid to cuddle and play with... But they are all heavily guarded by their parents, so I could only stand and shoot with my camera. Haha!

It's a joy to see so many cute children! Heehee... As for my mum, she got a handmade handphone stand from me and my brothers!
Very nice one ok... See how satisfied my mum is with the gift! Heehee =D

2010-05-06T03:12:00.002+08:00

Finished watching 宫心计。The show quite old liao lah, one year ago de... But then I only got my hands on the show this year... Managed to finish watching within 3 days! Hahaha... As usual, I am very hardworking when it comes to watching drama! =P

It isn't my favourite show lah, but then got Charmaine Sheh and Kevin Cheng, then make me wanna finish watching loe. Hahaha... There are also many good phrases in there... I especially like this one: 眼内有尘三界窄，三头无事一床宽。

Many things... Are just a matter of perspective. So... Think positive! =D

2010-05-02T23:19:00.000+08:00

Introducing my new Canon EOS 550D! It's my 21st birthday present from parents, with additional sponsorship from my aunt and uncle. Haha!
Mum's my model =P can u see the difference in colour and sharpness? Probably not lah, cos' I shrunk the size of the photo. If not blogger would not allow me to post anymore photos in future! Hahaha... Click it to see the bigger version!
Another example to show. I love this lens... With aperture f2.8, I'd be able to take nicer pictures indoor! Low light won't be as big a threat to me as before anymore! Muahahaha~ Am so excited to bring my camera out for a walk! I bought it on 30th April, but didn't have time to go shooting till now... Hopefully would get the chance to soon! =) heehee~

Did I mention that my DSLR has full HD video? Wahahaha~ Happy to have it though I don't use it =P

2010-04-29T22:31:00.003+08:00

Happy 21st Birthday to me! =P

Hahaha... Many thanks to those who remembered Those who are having exams... Hope my birthday brought u all some good luck! I did wish for u all! =)
Celebrated my birthday on 24th April with my family and relatives... Didn't wanna have party actually... It was really weird with so many people singing and clapping while staring at me! xD but my mum was very enthusiastic about it... And actually birthdays are significant for parents I guess... So agreed to let her organise one loe. Haha! =P

Well, there are many celebrations this April! First it was my grandma, then 3 days of celebration in a row- my maid Melanie, my party, then finally Minfei jie.
Smile until so happy? Haha! I like his pic =)

Minfei jie and Yupei jie told me, after 21, time would fly even faster! When I wanna say their age, they'll ask me to lower my volume. Haha! Well, seriously, there isn't much difference to me, whether it's 21st birthday or not... After all, every year's birthday is once in a lifetime, isn't it? People say, congratulations to being a "legally free" individual... But... What's the use of being "legally free" when life is in fact more busy!? =X ok that's misinterpretation. Haha! I mean, I'd rather be protected by my parents all my life... No worries... Heehee... And I don't feel restricted by them anyways... Moreover, from studying law this 2 years... I realised that being 21 years old brings more liabilities instead of rights! *faints* what is the cause for celebration!? Hahaha ok I'm making life sound really grim. Perhaps this is what defines me as being 21. Haha! Joking =P

Anyways, wanna thank those who made the effort to send me cards and stuff... I love cards, they are what touches me most! Especially the one jointly from my 2 brothers and "sister-in-laws"! 虽然写得很少也很简单，但我真的打从心里笑了出来... 开心了几天！哈哈... 打开来读的时候，还眼眶泛泪呢！And of cos' to my boyfriend... Who called me at 00:00hrs on 29th April and came to look for me that night after his exams! Hope u the 5 red eggs 合你的口味. Haha! =D

Creative card award goes to Shangyi and Yifang! Shangyi used wooden sticks and bundled them together, like olden times 奏折，super cool! Love it loads! 别出心裁！Heehee... And Yifang made a card which can be folded into a piano! Gosh, I've got such innovative friends! Kat-the-leen and Yan Yin, I know I'm remembered, though both of u are in faraway Australia! =P

Ohh and of cos' not forgetting my parents... 恩之父母，我是永远不会忘记的。虽然二十一年来，多次顶嘴、耍脾气，但心里... 哈哈。现在算是长大成人了，其实对自己最大的期望，就是会更懂事，让父母可以等着享清福 =)

现在最基本的，就是读好书... 虽然到了大学，但一直都没有认真过... 在二十一岁这一年，我醒悟了。写在这里，是希望会不断提醒着自己。大了，不能像以前那样那么吊儿郎当... 要有承担，以后做错事不再是父母骂一骂就可以算了，从头来过... 每一个抉择，都是可能是决定着人生未来的重要一步... 踏入人生新阶段了，加油吧！=D

2010-04-28T04:09:00.000+08:00

~Loves~

2010-04-27T05:04:00.006+08:00

是世界复杂了，还是双眼模糊了？

心灵的这扇窗，也许是在雨后会留下雨珠，或是意未醒时积满雾水，让窗外的景色模糊不清... 但朦胧也有它的美吧？与其在乎看不清，倒不如尽情享受这难得的梦幻感觉。

与其执着于悲的伤，不如庆幸还能因悲而伤。只有爱了，才会感受到伤；拥有快乐，才会懂得这就是悲。

2010-04-21T00:25:00.002+08:00

25min past my last day of exam for Year 2
700th post for my blog.

I seldom blog with just words... I am never good with words. So I put a picture or two to try expressing in another way. But today I'll just type. Why? Because there is no picture in my mind...

"I'm lost."

2010-04-06T02:50:00.005+08:00

Shang Yi's in love.

Yeah we all know that. Hahaha! That's not the main point of my blog post! Go look at her blog instead for more info =P
Carolyn blowing weird looking balloon...
Hui Xin smiling widely with a cheesecake...
And even Kat is back from Australia for the week! What are we all up to?
It's a surprise party for Susanna's 21st birthday! I went out at about 11pm to fetch Kat from her place, then picked up Carolyn from Singapore Poly before driving into NTU to meet up with Shang Yi, Sher Lin, Hui Xin and her room mates to give Susanna a surprise at 6th April 2010, 00:00hrs! =D they made her stand some distance away from the cheesecake and even put candles that can never ever be extinguished. So evil. Haha!
Hope u had a great time, Susanna! Happy 21st Birthday! =D

2010-03-31T23:48:00.003+08:00

Hooked to neon =)

2010-03-25T00:32:00.006+08:00

I realise... I've been doing nothing more than study eat sleep. Hahaha! But there can still be life in lifeless days...
This is to prove that we've been studying.
Boyfriend loves my bolster too! Yay! 真是识货！;)
Smells great =D
"Congratulations, u r now an honorary SMU student"
He looks like one of those soccer players who had just signed a new contract with a new team! Hahaha...

That day went to visit grandma at Aunty Doreen's house...
End up become technician. Hahaha! Helped Aunty Doreen set up the newly bought fan. My first time fixing one! Not bad, quite fun leh! Well, of cos' la, I mostly tearing wrappers only. Menial labour Yan Rui do mah =P
Dusty old bear... But the message is still strong and clear ;)

On another day, went for supper at Jalan Kayu...
It was our first time eating paper thosai. Got a shock when it came! Super big lah! But quite nice leh. So still managed to finish the whole thing in the end! =)

On a separate note... U know, I'm liking SMU more and more (though I still hate those accountancy and finance university cores)...
This term, there were new small tables added to the benches outside the seminar rooms... Makes me feel that the school really cares for us... Always improving and responding to suggestions from the students on how to make the environment more conducive for us to study and strive =)

2010-03-24T02:50:00.003+08:00

已经半年咯 =)

2010-03-23T13:57:00.005+08:00

Woah... Been really busy since the last time I blogged! Which was almost one whole month back... Last week was the worst of all! Didn't even sleep on one particular night... Sat there working for like 10 hours without break! Phoo~

Ok so anyways, apart from studies, this is what I had been up to for this month so far...
Big bro chopping his ice cream cake. Haha! It was frozen (duh! it's an ice cream cake!) so he had to chop instead of cut. Haha! 26 years old liao! But my big bro still looks young eh? Heehee...
Then it was Yvonne's 21st bday party! My friend of 14 years! Knew her in primary one... And still maintaining close contact till now! Incredible? I think so. Hahaha =)
Had supper with Yan Rui after the party! Not cos' we were not well fed, but cos' we were in the mood for Chomp Chomp! =D was so full after supper! Over-ate! =P

Last week was grandpa's death anniversary... Went to pay respects in the morning before lessons. Many of his "neighbours" had "shifted out", cos' there were plans to demolish the pagoda for other development projects... But seems like plans are on hold, so grandpa is still "residing" here. It's quite a serene place... Windy... 挺好的 =)

亲情: 不朽的记忆，不灭的情感。

Remember the snake that was holidaying at my house some time ago? This is the souvenir it left for us. Pretty... =D

2010-02-24T00:01:00.007+08:00

12th February 2010
It's Symphonia's concert again.
This year, I wore cuff links flown in straight from Scotland! From Shangyi. Thank you! I "brought" u on stage... I know I have ur support though u r 十万八千里 away! =)
And to all who came, thank you so so so so so much for ur support! =D hope u enjoyed the concert... Sorry I didn't get to talk to u all much... Meet up some other time! (As for Huay Han, who had gone to Beijing, Priscilla and Kathleen, who had gone Australia... Take care! We'll gather again when u all r back!) Heehee... ;)

15th February 2010
It's Lunar New Year! 初一 coincided with Valentine's Day... But mine was on 初二！
And all the other days I'm with Yan Rui actually. 只要和另一半在一起，哪一天都可以是情人节 =) went to Yan Rui's house to 拜年，then he came over to my house and we went visiting together with my family! Of cos' I didn't wear like that to visit my relatives la... But this is at home, so suibian la =P heehee...

给我最好的朋友：新年快乐！全城都铺满白雪的新年，在英国过华人的节日，有另一番风味吧？向往三年后到你的家拜年时，你也在家迎接我，然后也来我的家拜年哦！=D

20th February 2010
It's Kat's surprise farewell party!
It's a kind of weird feeling... Happy for u that u r going to overseas for a good reason, to study a good course in a good school, yet there's this tinge of unwillingness to say goodbye... Hope u adapt well there... Have a great time! Come back to visit me soon! =D

24th February 2010
Today...

5 months =)

2010-01-12T22:44:00.005+08:00

It's NYJC Open House! Went back with Yan Rui (alamak, act 帅 huh...). The juniors were very convinced that we are students who just got our o'level results... Keep giving us flyers and asking us to register at the entrance for lucky draw. I was really tempted to do so, but need to put IC number, which means will 穿帮 this way, so we decided to just 混进去...

Photo by Mr. Boyfriend

I was surprised (and ecstatic) to see that the Guitar Ensemble is still surviving! They played quite well! But I think it's really time to update the repertoire... They are still playing what I taught Guitar Ensemble 3 years ago, namely 情非得以 and 关怀方式 (and it was already quite outdated then)! Wanted to go talk to them, but thought it to be quite weird since none of them had even seen me before...

So anyways, bumped into 张老师 and 庄老师 when Yan Rui and I went to the canteen to grab a bite... When I walked over to greet them, 庄老师 gave me a really cheeky smile and asked "大学同学啊？" (referring to Yan Rui). Then I said no, he's from NY... And he said "大两届的？" xD before that, when I greeted Ms. Hew at the art room, she asked me whether Yan Rui is my brother! So he apparently looks older than me loe. Yay! =P ohh then at the end of the convocation with the teachers, 庄老师 said "好啦，你们去甜蜜啦。去去去" Hahahaha!

Rushed off to SMU for lessons at about 11.30am... Yan Rui waited for me in school, from 12noon-6.45pm =) then we had dinner at the chicken rice stall beside Selegie beancurd, recommended by my mum. Quite nice! The Thai style tofu is quite good too... Then we walked to City Hall to look for my printer toner... And as expected, they do not have it... Haha... Funan IT Mall was closing then... So we strolled to Esplanade...

And I was captivated by the night scenery there... Very beautiful...

Thanks for the day... And the night =P

2010-01-10T19:24:00.007+08:00

6th-8th January 2010

Here Chin Win kor and Minfei jie are, eating gelato with me in Vivo City (pic taken by mummy)...
To send me off to cruise with Shangyi and Yihui afterwards!
So exciting! My first time on cruise! =) we each have our own card, which functions as a room key and also pay card (they will account all expenditure in the cruise to the card, and we will pay the bill all at once on the last day of cruise).
The room is very spacious! It's just like a hotel room... Quite comfortable! I thought we'd be packed like sardines... There was even TV, with very good channels! We watched quite a few good shows while slacking in the room =P
Scandalous! There were 4 beds for 3 of us, still want to squeeze together? Haha! =P
Yes, we were shocked when we saw the amount of food they served us. We couldn't finish them! Haha... We shared table with another family of 4, but their portion looked as big as ours... I so wanted to ask if they want more, but they couldn't finish too. Haha... There are 3 restaurants on the cruise that offers free food (part of the package la), of which this restaurant and the western restaurant serves ala carte, and the 3rd one is buffet style. Expectedly, the food is not very nice (though it's still sufferable for 3 days), but it's alright, cos' u can pay to eat at other restaurants. I didn't try, but I guess their food should be better? Cos' I saw quite a few tourists eating at the other restaurants.
On the 2nd day, we disembarked at Port Klang. Wanted to tour Malacca too, but the tour was fully booked, and we couldn't disembark without booking tour there. We managed to book the tour (essentially just a bus ride to the destination) to disembark at KL.
The bus ride was SUPER bumpy... Shangyi and I literally "flew" off the seat... But we managed to land safely back. It was like roller coaster. Luckily my stomach could take it... In fact, it was quite fun bouncing around in the bus =P anyways, this is the mall that we were sent to. Very very big mall, that's why it's called MEGAmall. Haha! But we didn't get to buy much, cos' the shops are the same as those in Singapore anyways, with the price doubled, just that it's RM instead of S$ in front of the number.

Took the bus back in the evening... There was very nice sunset, but I didn't manage to capture it. The ride back to the cruise terminal was less bumpy... Perhaps we were already mentally prepared, so our butts stuck to the seats more firmly. Haha!

Back on the cruise, we decided to explore the ship after dinner. Finally went up to the top floor, level 13, the sun deck. It was super windy... And hence our look. Haha! It felt really great SCREAMING at the top of our voices into the darkness at sea =)
Next morning, which was the last day on board, we went back up to the sun deck. Fantastic chill out place... Helicopter landing! This pic is taken with my big bro's sony camera, with the sweep panorama function. I totally love this function!
We were surprised to be greeted by an ensemble upon alighting! Such cheerful spirits... Cruise's fun! Extremely relaxing... I will certainly go again! To somewhere further next time =D

9th January 2010

See you again... Soon!! Have fun with ur bro and sis-in-law =)

After sending Shangyi off, Yan Rui came. He had came to send her off, but he waited at a wrong place. So... Haha. Never mind, next time bah. Haha... So anyways, Yan Rui and I walked around a bit in the airport, then drove to Ikea... He had never been to Ikea before! So here we are! I introduced him to the nice food there... Was so tempted to buy furniture, but there's no space in my room liao. Haha...

每次在机场向你挥别，虽很不舍得，却总会微笑着... 因为你每次回去，都是一个崭新的开始...... 微笑，是对你的祝福。希望这一趟回去，生活会更顺利哦... =) 再见啦，好好保重！我期待着你回来的那一天... 加油~~

2010-01-02T23:48:00.004+08:00

Very eventful day... Literally. I attended 2 big events signifying 2 important stages of life...

In the afternoon was Shangyi's brother's engagement party. Congratulations... to Shangyi! Haha... U looked happier and more enthusiastic than the couple =P I didn't take any photos cos' my DSLR refused to come out of its camera bag after seeing the much better camera that Shangyi's future sis-in-law's father (wow what a mouthful) uses. Haha!

Then in the evening...

*whistles* 这美女是谁?!
It was Diana's 21st birthday party! Celebration in advance. Her actual birthday is on 5th Jan.
Menghow and Xiaoyu were the emcees for the night, speaking English and Chinese respectively. Good job! ;)
Yummy food at Marriott Hotel... I drank two bowls of mushroom soup, cos' it was really tasty. There was a wide range, from roast duck to aglio olio, sushi to apple crumble. Now look at this pic also feel like drooling liao. Haha!
People from our class who went.
Exciting games... The first was Bingo, which I did not know how to play and did not win either... I nearly had NO numbers to strike off! Haha... Luckily there was a second round, then I tio few... But still, not enough to win =P this game requires guests from each table to gather a list of items and rush up the stage to pass to the emcees. The number of people sitting at my table were very few, so we didn't manage to win any rounds for this game. Haha! It's ok though, I enjoyed the excitement...I sat at table 4 with Diana and some of her friends (as shown above =P) from Nanyang Girls' High. Although Diana was mostly not at the table, her friends entertained me well and I didn't feel awkward sitting with a whole table of new faces... I even made more friends =D
Diana's sister sang for her on stage, and both of them 感动落泪...
Before the party ended, there was even lucky draw!

Hey Diana, thanks for inviting me! Hope the pics I took are not too bad... I'll blame my DSLR for any photos that aren't nice. Oops =P haha! Maybe I should ask my papa to buy me a better one for my 21st birthday... Dream on xD heehee... Alright anyways, Happy 21st Birthday! =)

2009-12-31T23:22:00.002+08:00

2009 年的最后一天...

对我来说，这已经是个很丰盛的一年...

但明天会更好！=)

欢迎你的到来，2010年。

2009-12-20T23:26:00.002+08:00

Last night was talking to Shangyi on MSN, asking her what does she have on after her cousin's wedding lunch at Sentosa. Initially I wanted to go join her, but suddenly realised godbro's concert is that night, so wanted to ask if she wants to go to my godbro's concert with me instead (Aunty Doreen was supposed to go, but she last minute busy, so ask me to look for a friend to go with me). Then she told me she going concert with her mum. After asking, we realised that we were going to the same place. Haha!

So here we are, Dominic, Me and Shangyi, at Singapore Conference Hall, together with my mum, godma and her friend, supporting Jeremy. Gosh his CCA is super cool! 节令鼓... All the guys look so handsome and man (though they are just sec school kids... Maybe it's the dim lighting). Lolx. I was awed by their performance. Their stunts were so uniformed and the sound of the drum so majestic =D

It was a combined concert with Chung Cheng branch's Chinese Orchestra (which got a Gold with Honours for SYF), but after watching his CCA perform, the three of us were just not interested in the CO performance anymore. I realised I can't really appreciate CO music, cos' it all seem to be 千篇一律。I prefer the chinese instruments being played solo...

So anyways, after the concert, we went to Lau Pa Sat for supper. They closed one road to set up satay stalls... First time eating in this environment in Singapore... Cooling night, nice smell wafting in the air... I like the ambience ;)

2009-12-18T20:59:00.002+08:00

Welcome Home =)

2009-12-12T21:57:00.002+08:00

Here we are at Marina Barrage! Haha it was supposed to be a gathering with Beatty people from our batch, but apparently everyone else forgot about it, so there only the 4 of us appeared! Hahaha... Before coming to Marina Barrage, we met at Toa Payoh Central to buy chips, drinks and kites.

Managed to fly the pirate one, but the other bird kite, which Susanna wanted cos' it was the BIGGEST one, refused to soar into the sky... Here Susanna is taking care of the pirate while we tried to fix the bird. Turned out that the bird was hopeless. So we gave up and sat down to eat... Halfway through our picnic, some other person's kite got entangled with our pirate, but we managed to solve the mess. Unfortunately, another kite came to clash with our pirate again, and this time it dragged it down... Pirate's string broke, and it sailed away, never to be seen again.

The weather was fantastic! =D thanks for the day, gals ;)

2009-12-10T13:04:00.000+08:00

这世界很复杂，混淆我想说的话......

我只想把好梦留下。

2009-12-08T03:24:00.000+08:00

《开天窗》

一只鲸鱼 要怎么放进冰箱 
打开门 然后用力关冰箱 
然后呢 如果你还想要 放一只大象 
一份希望 要怎么放进心脏 
如果你 活得有一点悲伤 
答案是 用力丢掉鲸鱼 
用力甩悲伤 

是谁说半夜不能吃便当 
是谁说彩虹不能长头上 
是谁说蓝色就等于忧伤 
你看看天空和海洋 
顺风时就张开双翅飞翔 
逆风时 就当成 在冲浪 

没有风的时候 那就让我 开开天窗 

一句歌词 怎么让你很难忘 
方文山 林夕和我都在想 
想破头 也钻不进一个 紧闭的心房 
一个难题要用多少的智商 
多少泪 还有多少的盼望 
多少人 变成紧闭门窗 
孤独的国王 

是谁说半夜不能吃便当 
是谁说彩虹不能长头上 
是谁说蓝色就等于忧伤 
你看看天空和海洋 
顺风时就张开双翅飞翔 
逆风时 就当成 在冲浪 
没有风的时候 那就让我 开开天窗 

OPEN 
啦啦啦~ 
我是 open chan 快乐的一天 
跟你一起 OPEN！ 喔喔喔喔！ 

我是 open chan 快乐的一天 
彩虹长在头上！ 喔喔喔喔！

2009-12-07T22:36:00.004+08:00

Met up with Yan Rui at Serangoon MRT station, then went to NUS together. Was there for the National Piano Competition. We only stayed for about 2 hours in there, listened to just 4 players! I was quite bored cos' I didn't like the pieces they chose... All too heavy for me-someone who did not have enough sleep the night before! And out of the 4, we only liked the second one.

Had lunch at the McDonald's in NUS Engineering's canteen. I tried the new Teriyaki Grilled Chicken Burger, which I thought was quite nice =) then took a shuttle bus back to his hall to get something before heading to Vivo for random walk.

Here we are in the National Geographic shop. Saw some photos of Singapore from their photography competition.

Wanted to go to West Coast Park for sunset when evening neared, but it rained =( never mind, next time!
So went to Toys'R'Us instead =P

Took MRT to Tanjong Pagar for dinner when we finished touring Vivo. Yan Rui says he wants to bring me to Maxwell Road for good food, but then when we reached there, we lost our way!

Haha... And we saw a pink cloud while searching for the hawker centre! =D

Yeap, so anyways, we managed to "exercise" quite a bit (walked a lot!) before we finally settled down for 云吞面 and 油鸡面 (actually Yan Rui recommended chicken rice, but many stalls weren't open... So don't go there on Mondays!).
Then we took bus 167 together... Chill at Lower Peirce Reservoir for about an hour or so... Before he walked me home =)

2009-12-05T23:34:00.003+08:00

Finally get to go back to Beatty for band again!

They were having First Recitals and Section Competition, so here the senior players from flute section are doing some final rehearsals on their ensemble piece =) the one helping them hold the score is the section tutor, very very very good flautist!
Here's the full section. 3 seniors 3 juniors, can do one-to-one coaching! =P
Yeah! Love going back to Beatty for band... Good to see juniors again =) Elisa (on the extreme right) isn't from my section, she's the current Drum Majorette.

After band, took MRT to City Hall.

Met up with Yan Rui (hahaha he looks so blur in this pic!), Yong Jun, Edy, Ping Jim and Darren (who reached about 4hours past meeting time). So anyways, we had lunch at Xin Wang Cafe at City Link, then celebrated Yan Rui's bday... I didn't know they were going to celebrate his bday till I talked to Edy while walking to the Cafe! xD

Bought tickets to the movie 2012, then played pool while waiting for the movie time. I only played one round with Yan Rui, and of cos I lost! Haha... But anyways, it's quite fun la... I think quite dependent on Physics though. Maybe that's why the 4 guys all can play quite well? Haha =P when Darren finally reached, we met him at the food court and went to watch 2012 when the time came. Sat in the first row! Wah I don't think I'd ever want to buy tickets to the first row anymore... Unless the seats are really far away from the screen even for the first row like in some cinemas... About the movie, it was not bad lah. But it isn't one of my favourite genres, so... And I guess the storyline is quite the usual end-of-the-world kind of plot? Though it is quite exciting to watch la...

I was thinking, if it really comes... I wanna die like how the Lama did... So peaceful =)

2009-12-04T14:53:00.004+08:00

Happy Birthday Yan Rui =)

（电影"玻璃樽"主题曲）

爱得正好

(女)可能是久违的甜蜜可能是潮水的来去

把眼泪流成一阵雨能不能够流到你心里

(男)一定是潮水的魔力让海岸也无能为力

就当是生命中的奇迹改变了天涯海角的距离

(男)可能大雨来的太早 (女)我还不知道

(男)可是情话说得正好 (女)我还在寻找

(男)再怎么样寻找 (女)Ah…

(女)来世路已经找不到 (男)Hm…

(女)可能缘份来得太早 (男)我还不知道

(女)可是情话说得正好 (男)我还在寻找(女)当我以为再

(合)等不到你却突然停靠在我怀抱

2009-12-01T20:48:00.003+08:00

Seoul Garden!! Super long never eat liao... Yummy~~ Yan Rui's cooking skills not very good though... And he was there for the oil to splatter on! Hahaha... =P then we went to walk around...

Beautiful sky! =D

Up the escalator to Fort Canning Park from behind SMU's School of Law...

We reached! I look a bit weird in this picture. But Yan Rui smile until sooooo 灿烂! Haha... 训练成功 =P

This is where we stood... There are nice sceneries in town too!

Drove to Bras Basah to buy some stuff... And went home with Monopoly! I finally have a full set of Monopoly! Shall learn how to play over the holidays... Haha! =D

2009-11-30T23:23:00.001+08:00

我终于考完啦！

等待是值得的。

2009-11-28T14:44:00.005+08:00

下辈子我要做天上的云朵，在空中自由飘动，无拘无束......

不开心时，可以大哭大闹一场，但过后一定会出太阳，令忧愁如落在大地的雨水一样蒸发。快乐时，可以和其他的云朵朋友们一起在蓝天里拼图、扮成动物、或是和太阳玩捉迷藏。季节更换时，可以到其他国家游玩，居高临下，景色将会是多么地美丽。到了夜晚，睡不着的话，可以和嫦蛾聊天、听星星讲它们的光辉故事......

就算最后无影无声地随风而逝，也已一生无撼。尽管短暂，却是如此灿烂、难忘......

2009-11-26T15:35:00.011+08:00

大概是两天前吧？我躺在床上睡不着，就想着“哦，好久没在网上和尚怡聊天了呢”...... 然后再想着想着...... 就想到了不是很吉利的事情。其实以前也想过吧。好友身在外国，如果自己发生了什么事，有哪个人会忍心将事实告知她？后来想到，若她回到来才发现，应该也会很痛苦吧......

很心酸吧...... 那个女孩做的，就是我会做的。我想任何一个好朋友（in this MTV case is 女朋友）都会那么做吧？看到时真的吓到了。刚刚才正想着呢，就看见了例子......＊动木＊

--泪晕开明信片上的牵挂那伤心原来没有时差--

2009-11-24T14:58:00.005+08:00

First day of exam... Took bus to school. Woke up at 6.30am. Haven't woke up at this time for ages le... It feels quite good actually... The beautiful sunrise, warm morning sun, the scent of fresh air and nature...

So anyways, upon boarding the bus, I sat down on an empty seat and took out my iPod... All the chairs were purple...

I thought my chair was pruple like the rest... I didn't know that I was sitting on a blue chair until the person opposite me on the bus stood up, and that was when I looked back on my own chair to find that it's actually blue too, different from others just like the one that the man opposite me sat on...

也许听起来这是一件很小的事，但对我来说却有另一番领悟。因为我在巴士上坐在反方向，看得到其他的所有人，看到椅子都是紫色的，所以认定自己就和世界上的其他人都一样，只是众多人类中的其中一个，也坐在紫色椅子上。然而，当我对面的人站起来时，我看见他坐的椅子竟然是蓝色的！这时候，我才想到要回头看一下，自己到底坐在什么椅子上？这一回头，竟发现自己原来和世界不一样...... “当局者迷”这句话有它的道理。因为自己身在其中，甚少反省的人，就会盲目地欣赏着世界所有别人的，却忘了欣赏、珍惜自己所有的。

我也许并不算上有自卑心，却也不懂得以自己为傲。如果连自己都不懂得欣赏自己的话，那就太可悲了。我向来就是这样，以为因为自己和其他人一样都搭着同样巴士，就和他们一样，都坐在紫色椅子。但当看到原来在这辆巴士里有蓝色椅子时，自己才开始回望。为什么要等别人的肯定，才开始认识真正自己呢？

这，只是搭巴士。但人的一生中，等到能令自己反省的事发生时，时间已经流失，如泼出去的水一样，不可收回。何必等别人呢？就靠自己，在今天开始欣赏自己的好，做那个启发别人的“蓝椅人”吧。

2009-11-21T00:54:00.004+08:00

我听别人说过：“人不为己，天诛地灭”。常用的意思应该是：“人以自己的利益为优先是理所当然的”。对吧？我想，真正的意思应该是：“人，若不为自己着想，最终会被人的天性诛害、被地上的人们毁灭的”！

这个残酷的世界里，正常的人，都是自私的！我们大家都生存地好好的，因为每个人都顾着自己，所以每个人都被照料到了！而那些把别人的利益放在自己利益之前的人呢？为别人，最终会被那个人吸干你的所有，然后被踢开后，自己就变成一具行尸走肉了！

我曾说过：“吃亏是福”。福很多的时候叫什么？“发福”！也就是过量了！对健康没好处！所以吃亏太多的话，会“发福”的！小心啊！

OK that was just a random thought. Haha!

On a lighter note: celebrated Uncle Min Kwang's bday!

Yupei jie came to our house before we set off to Aunty Doreen's house for the celebration together!
"Happy birthday to u~~ Happy birthday to u~~" we celebrated early actually. His actual bday is on 24th November, one month after D-kor's =)

See my mama and grandma so happy!! Hahaha... My grandma looks cute when she smiles! =P

2009-11-20T00:14:00.004+08:00

走在雨中，吹着冷风，
仰望天空，灰暗瞳孔。

深呼吸后，紧握胸口，
发掘心头，原来还有，阵痛。

晓霖

2009-11-16T03:48:00.004+08:00

一个真诚的拥抱，就算是隔着十万八千里...

依然能够令人感动落泪。

真心，行过于言。

诚意，言不可喻。

2009-11-13T01:00:00.002+08:00

Speech by Adrian Tan (writer of the Teenage Textbook & lawyer from Drew & Napier) to the NTU graduating class of 2008

Life and How to Survive It

I must say thank you to the faculty and staff of the Wee Kim Wee School of Communication and Information for inviting me to give your convocation address. It’s a wonderful honour and a privilege for me to speak here for ten minutes without fear of contradiction, defamation or retaliation. I say this as a Singaporean and more so as a husband.

My wife is a wonderful person and perfect in every way except one. She is the editor of a magazine. She corrects people for a living. She has honed her expert skills over a quarter of a century, mostly by practising at home during conversations between her and me.

On the other hand, I am a litigator. Essentially, I spend my day telling people how wrong they are. I make my living being disagreeable.

Nevertheless, there is perfect harmony in our matrimonial home. That is because when an editor and a litigator have an argument, the one who triumphs is always the wife.

And so I want to start by giving one piece of advice to the men: when you’ve already won her heart, you don’t need to win every argument.

Marriage is considered one milestone of life. Some of you may already be married. Some of you may never be married. Some of you will be married. Some of you will enjoy the experience so much, you will be married many, many times. Good for you.

The next big milestone in your life is today: Your graduation. The end of education. You’re done learning.

You’ve probably been told the big lie that “Learning is a lifelong process” and that therefore you will continue studying and taking masters’ degrees and doctorates and professorships and so on. You know the sort of people who tell you that? Teachers. Don’t you think there is some measure of conflict of interest? They are in the business of learning, after all. Where would they be without you? They need you to be repeat customers.

The good news is that they’re wrong.

The bad news is that you don’t need further education because your entire life is over. It is gone. That may come as a shock to some of you. You’re in your teens or early twenties. People may tell you that you will live to be 70, 80, 90 years old. That is your life expectancy.

I love that term: life expectancy. We all understand the term to mean the average life span of a group of people. But I’m here to talk about a bigger idea, which is what you expect from your life.

You may be very happy to know that Singapore is currently ranked as the country with the third highest life expectancy. We are behind Andorra and Japan, and tied with San Marino. It seems quite clear why people in those countries, and ours, live so long. We share one thing in common: our football teams are all hopeless. There’s very little danger of any of our citizens having their pulses raised by watching us play in the World Cup. Spectators are more likely to be lulled into a gentle and restful nap.

Singaporeans have a life expectancy of 81.8 years. Singapore men live to an average of 79.21 years, while Singapore women live more than five years longer, probably to take into account the additional time they need to spend in the bathroom.

So here you are, in your twenties, thinking that you’ll have another 40 years to go. Four decades in which to live long and prosper.

Bad news. Read the papers. There are people dropping dead when they’re 50, 40, 30 years old. Or quite possibly just after finishing their convocation. They would be very disappointed that they didn’t meet their life expectancy.

I’m here to tell you this. Forget about your life expectancy.

After all, it’s calculated based on an average. And you never, ever want to expect being average.

Revisit those expectations. You might be looking forward to working, falling in love, marrying, raising a family. You are told that, as graduates, you should expect to find a job paying so much, where your hours are so much, where your responsibilities are so much.

That is what is expected of you. And if you live up to it, it will be an awful waste.

If you expect that, you will be limiting yourself. You will be living your life according to boundaries set by average people. I have nothing against average people. But no one should aspire to be them. And you don’t need years of education by the best minds in Singapore to prepare you to be average.

What you should prepare for is mess. Life’s a mess. You are not entitled to expect anything from it. Life is not fair. Everything does not balance out in the end. Life happens, and you have no control over it. Good and bad things happen to you day by day, hour by hour, moment by moment. Your degree is a poor armour against fate.

Don’t expect anything. Erase all life expectancies. Just live. Your life is over as of today. At this point in time, you have grown as tall as you will ever be, you are physically the fittest you will ever be in your entire life and you are probably looking the best that you will ever look. This is as good as it gets. It is all downhill from here. Or up. No one knows.

What does this mean for you? It is good that your life is over.

Since your life is over, you are free. Let me tell you the many wonderful things that you can do when you are free.

The most important is this: do not work.

Work is anything that you are compelled to do. By its very nature, it is undesirable.

Work kills. The Japanese have a term “Karoshi”, which means death from overwork. That’s the most dramatic form of how work can kill. But it can also kill you in more subtle ways. If you work, then day by day, bit by bit, your soul is chipped away, disintegrating until there’s nothing left. A rock has been ground into sand and dust.

There’s a common misconception that work is necessary. You will meet people working at miserable jobs. They tell you they are “making a living”. No, they’re not.They’re dying, frittering away their fast-extinguishing lives doing things which are, at best, meaningless and, at worst, harmful.

People will tell you that work ennobles you, that work lends you a certain dignity. Work makes you free. The slogan “Arbeit macht frei” was placed at the entrances to a number of Nazi concentration camps. Utter nonsense.

Do not waste the vast majority of your life doing something you hate so that you can spend the small remainder sliver of your life in modest comfort. You may never reach that end anyway.

Resist the temptation to get a job. Instead, play. Find something you enjoy doing.Do it. Over and over again. You will become good at it for two reasons: you like it, and you do it often. Soon, that will have value in itself.

I like arguing, and I love language. So, I became a litigator. I enjoy it and I would do it for free. If I didn’t do that, I would’ve been in some other type of work that still involved writing fiction – probably a sports journalist.

So what should you do? You will find your own niche. I don’t imagine you will need to look very hard. By this time in your life, you will have a very good idea of what you will want to do. In fact, I’ll go further and say the ideal situation would be that you will not be able to stop yourself pursuing your passions. By this time you should know what your obsessions are. If you enjoy showing off your knowledge and feeling superior, you might become a teacher.

Find that pursuit that will energise you, consume you, become an obsession. Each day, you must rise with a restless enthusiasm. If you don’t, you are working.

Most of you will end up in activities which involve communication. To those of you I have a second message: be wary of the truth. I’m not asking you to speak it, or write it, for there are times when it is dangerous or impossible to do those things. The truth has a great capacity to offend and injure, and you will find that the closer you are to someone, the more care you must take to disguise or even conceal the truth. Often, there is great virtue in being evasive, or equivocating. There is also great skill. Any child can blurt out the truth, without thought to the consequences. It takes great maturity to appreciate the value of silence.

In order to be wary of the truth, you must first know it. That requires great frankness to yourself. Never fool the person in the mirror.

I have told you that your life is over, that you should not work, and that you should avoid telling the truth. I now say this to you: be hated.

It’s not as easy as it sounds. Do you know anyone who hates you? Yet every great figure who has contributed to the human race has been hated, not just by one person, but often by a great many. That hatred is so strong it has caused those great figures to be shunned, abused, murdered and in one famous instance, nailed to a cross.

One does not have to be evil to be hated. In fact, it’s often the case that one is hated precisely because one is trying to do right by one’s own convictions. It is far too easy to be liked, one merely has to be accommodating and hold no strong convictions. Then one will gravitate towards the centre and settle into the average.That cannot be your role. There are a great many bad people in the world, and if you are not offending them, you must be bad yourself. Popularity is a sure sign that you are doing something wrong.

The other side of the coin is this: fall in love.

I didn’t say “be loved”. That requires too much compromise. If one changes one’s looks, personality and values, one can be loved by anyone.

Rather, I exhort you to love another human being. It may seem odd for me to tell you this. You may expect it to happen naturally, without deliberation. That is false.Modern society is anti-love. We’ve taken a microscope to everyone to bring out their flaws and shortcomings. It is far easier to find a reason not to love someone, than otherwise. Rejection requires only one reason. Love requires complete acceptance. It is hard work – the only kind of work that I find palatable.

Loving someone has great benefits. There is admiration, learning, attraction and something which, for the want of a better word, we call happiness. In loving someone, we become inspired to better ourselves in every way. We learn the truth worthlessness of material things. We celebrate being human. Loving is good for the soul.

Loving someone is therefore very important, and it is also important to choose the right person. Despite popular culture, love doesn’t happen by chance, at first sight, across a crowded dance floor. It grows slowly, sinking roots first before branching and blossoming. It is not a silly weed, but a mighty tree that weathers every storm.

You will find, that when you have someone to love, that the face is less important than the brain, and the body is less important than the heart.

You will also find that it is no great tragedy if your love is not reciprocated. You are not doing it to be loved back.Its value is to inspire you.

Finally, you will find that there is no half-measure when it comes to loving someone. You either don’t, or you do with every cell in your body, completely and utterly, without reservation or apology. It consumes you, and you are reborn, all the better for it.

Don’t work. Avoid telling the truth. Be hated. Love someone.

You’re going to have a busy life. Thank goodness there’s no life expectancy.

2009-11-10T22:00:00.008+08:00

说真的，我现在的人生真的几乎完美，我所想要、可以要的、甚至是人们可遇不可求的完整家庭、可以共患难的好朋友和跟自己喜欢的人在一起，我都拥有了... 我常常自问何来如此的福分，可以拥有那么多的幸福？我的结论总是告诉我，是因为我知足。听过傻人有傻福吧？什么样的人会被称为傻人？我想不是指愚蠢的人，而是指知足的人。给我山珍海味我不要，我宁可喝白粥配肉松。傻？也许对别人是，但我想白粥够我吃饱，肉松够美味了。或许就是因为有这知足的心，上天才会愿意给我那么多... 它知道我会欣赏、会珍惜、会把握... 若我因为拥有得越多而日渐害怕，每天担惊受怕，也许到最后，“失去”的恐惧会迷惑了我，让我无法再全心全意地去爱，去为我所拥有的而快乐地活... 这，应该比真正的失去还可悲吧。

2009-11-06T22:10:00.007+08:00

“难得糊涂，吃亏是福”

“糊涂”和“吃亏”对很多人而言是件坏事... 但我有时多希望自己糊涂些，别如此清醒，别想得那么多、知道少点事，也许会更加快乐呢？而我也好盼望有本事吃亏呢！要拥有才有资格给呀... 如果我比较聪明，成绩一级棒的话，我想应该会有很多人想要叫我帮忙，或是跟我拿笔记吧？表面上是我付出的时间比别人多，一个人努力写的笔记别人不费吹毛之力就有得分，似乎很吃亏，但深入点想，其实只有能干的人才会面对这种情况。所以若觉得自己糊涂的话，欢呼吧！有些人整天都处在紧绷的精神状态，想糊涂些都不行！若觉得自己吃亏了，恭喜你！让你吃亏的那个人看出了你的才干！你已找到了在这世上懂得欣赏你的人... 难得哦！

叶子有缺口，我却觉得它好特别，会透光！不论是外貌还是性格，纵然不完美，我更加欣赏缺陷美...

2009-11-04T01:42:00.005+08:00

上天的指示？

How literal.

2009-10-31T00:14:00.005+08:00

Do u think there'd be any dental clinic that'd pay me for this photo as their advertisement? Hahaha... Just something done for fun, a random idea as relaxation from the hectic schedule! =P

2009-10-29T10:26:00.006+08:00

I miss JC days! This pic isn't from 2006/2007, it's from 2009! But I think we look the same as then eh? Haha...

噢买尬

噢买尬歌词噢买尬噢买尬
真的太久不见啦
我随时OK就等你电话

哭啊哭啊哭啊哭到眼泪都干了
哭到海滩只剩下沙
整个世界只剩下你听我说话
一直到天黑也不回家

混阿混阿混阿混到天空就老了
情话依然没有变化
剩下我们说的生话梦话废话
就这样陪着我到长大

噢买尬噢买尬
这是一定要的阿
喝到挂唱到哑
笑到流泪哭到趴

噢买尬噢买尬
真的太久不见了
我随时OK就等你电话

2009-10-28T22:27:00.007+08:00

Woke up at 5am! Left home at around 6am...

Headed to the airport! The entrances were all wrapped up. Haha... Quite cute leh! I think it looks pretty too! =D good good... This year's Christmas would be beautiful! Heh heh... =P
Yeap, it's my big bro going overseas this time... To Vietnam! He's away for his Masters project... It's just one week though =)
实在太有夫妻像了吧!? Hahaha...
I look tired. Haha! Only slept for 4 hours ok! =P
Bro and his team of Masters students from architecture.
Look quite alike hor? Haha... Bye bro! Bon voyage~ Have a fruitful trip! ;)

After seeing CW-kor off, we dropped Minfei jie at the nearest NEL MRT station- Punggol! Then we 顺便 went to look at their new home...
Still under construction. Nothing can be seen yet! Just started laying the foundations I think...

And I caught the sunrise... The sunrise at Changi Airport, Punggol area is quite nice! It's in the east, of cos' right? Haha... Shall go camp there one day during term break and try to capture the sunrise! =D

Arh, and I received a letter from Ministry of Health today... I signed it... And felt very peaceful after doing so =)

2009-10-25T22:45:00.007+08:00

24th October

Drove down to City Hall...

It's Zhi Xin's 21st birthday party! =D she gave us a treat at Coleman's, hotel buffet, eat until my stomach want to burst liao! Haha... Her actual birthday is actually almost a month later, but I guess she intends to celebrate for a whole month, so start earlier?? Hahaha...

After that, I drove home and continued celebrations...

It's D-kor's 24th birthday! =D and I ate 4 eggs in a row. Hahaha! So I was eating the whole day... Oh and the Haagen-Dazs belgium chocolate ice cream cake was really superb. 吃完了还想吃！=P

25th October

Met up with Hui Xin, Shang Yi, Carolyn and Susanna at Heeren's Shokudo! It's my first time there... Much smaller than the one at Raffles City! But then again, seems like it's about the same lah. Hahaha!

We were there to celebrate Hui Xin and Shang Yi's birthday! It was belated though... Sorry I am so busy! Haha... And it was a pity that we had to go home so soon after the dinner... Meet up again soon! Hopefully we can have a full day program next time ;) remember hang up the photo montage canvas in somewhere prominent!! =P

2009-10-18T18:58:00.001+08:00

A bug's life:

Stick on the wall...
Stand on the ground...
Or both, if u can't decide.

2009-10-14T15:42:00.003+08:00

我想在蓝蓝的天空中飞翔，在白白的云河里游玩...

2009-10-11T15:11:00.002+08:00

Bbzzzzzzzzzz....
A beehive! Haha... The bees built it at my parents' room balcony! I went into the balcony to take a photo of it, then I got so fascinated that I got closer and closer, about half-arms-length away... And I think the bees caught be sneaking on them, so they sent a few "soldiers" to attack me... I ran back inside the room, then after a few minutes, ventured back again... But seems like they had recognised me, so they sent another "troop" within seconds of me standing there... So could only capture 2 better pictures!

Well, my home is mostly welcome to all sorts of creatures from nature to live in, but so coincidentally my house is now under renovation (just some paint works), which included the railings on which the greenery was perched on, so we had to cut away the beehive too... =(
This is what was left of the beehive after all the bees were gone.
There was honey in it, so it attracted the ants... Isn't it interesting how the bees can construct something so neat and well-structured? My parents, D-kor and Yupei jie tasted the honey after chasing away the ants, and they said it tastes really good- natural, straight from beehive! Lolx... I didn't get to taste it! Wasted...

2009-10-10T16:22:00.003+08:00

Woke up at 5am... Slept at 1am+! Surprisingly, I found myself quite awake though I only had 4 hours of rest.

Sent parents to airport... Yes, it was still dark when we went out... I haven't tried waking up so early in a long time liao... Seeing the mist on the car reminds me of the times when I was in primary school... Mummy would accompany me outside to wait for the school bus... Then while waiting, I'd draw or she'd write on the misty car screens to teach me some new Chinese words... Arhh... How I miss childhood...

So anyways, my parents were going on tour, so amongst the people going, there was one family with a baby boy...

Look alike mah? Hahaha! =P

Reached home at about 8am, then I went back to sleep, was really tired... Only woke up at 1pm, had lunch, then decided to start work now! Exams in 3 days! Everyone, wish me best of luck. I need a lot of it. Haha...

2009-10-09T15:15:00.001+08:00

A youtube video that's shown to me by CW-kor... Very retro... Very got feel... Lolx.

2009-10-08T22:34:00.005+08:00

Random

Was Skyping with Shangyi some time back, when something happened...

Heavenly light shines upon the good...

Yeap. Haha! Oh and this week is my recess week... It sounds nice, but it is actually study break lah... Ignore the word "break", it's totally misleading! Haha... Anyways, SMU is smacked right in the arts and cultural heritage area, so we are sandwiched in between 2 museums... And some weeks ago I came across a few interesting installations on my way to class...

双掌合十...

好平静...

It's a gold house on top of the piece of silver cloud that he's holding up with the tip of his fingers... Not sure what it means...

Sobs. Don't remind me. I want more sleep too...

What an awkward resting position... Haha...

They are part of an exhibition ongoing at SAM now I think... I'd go if it's still on after this busy period bah... Now got mid-terms and research paper to rush, also can't go and enjoy the art works... Went back to school for meeting and Property Law crash course today, saw that these were still there... Hopefully the exhibition won't end so early bah =)

7th October 2009

Drove out to Casuarina Curry at about 9.45pm. Supper! Haha yes I drove out, cos' my parents would not let me walk out on my own... And if i drive out, they won't have to fetch me back later.

"Yeah, I'm early!" B-) hahaha... Yes, Yan Rui reached early! Good good... Oh and he went to cut his hair. Looks the same hor? Lolx. Ok lah, look even neater ;) heehee =D

Then Yong Jun came, followed by Darren... We met up for a farewell supper to wish Yong Jun a safe trip to Australia. He's going there for training, 56 days... Haha good luck and bon voyage~ See u in December! ;)

2009-10-04T23:52:00.000+08:00

3rd October 2009

Happy Mid-Autumn Festival! Where did I go this night?

Little India! Hahaha... OK I know very no link... But cos' I always pass by this row of lighting when I drive home, found it extremely beautiful, so went to take photo of it... Obviously I didn't manage to do justice to it... Go take a look on ur own bah! It's so much nicer in reality.
Went there with Yan Rui. We had dinner at this new shopping mall called City Square I think... Looks quite big! Shall go there and take a look again someday... =) ate at Long John Silvers, but we only reached at like... around 10pm? Haha! So we were practically eating all the leftovers... =P but never mind, it was even more worth it! Cos' they gave us another piece of chicken to make up for the fries shortage. Heehee...

After dinner, we decided that we should go to Chinatown, since we are so nearby and it is Mid-Autumn Festival! Took an MRT there... But sadly, Chinatown didn't have much decorations! There wasn't any festivity feel at all loe... So we just strolled along the streets... I walked on many roads I haven't treaded on before! Haha... 走着走着... We reached City Hall, and it was past midnight! Wow... I really didn't feel that we had walked for such a long distance and that hours had passed!

Ahhh finally get to sit down in the MRT station. So happy... Yan Rui is sleepy again! Haha!

4th October 2009

Drove to National Museum not long after I woke up... Was there for "A Story of the Image" exhibition... Rushed there cos' it was the last day liao! Ms.Chong went and told me it's good, so I had to go and see it! Heehee... This exhibition "presents a collection of artworks from Antwerp, Belgium, which is both an historical and contemporary centre for development of the artistic image" (taken from the Visitors Guide).

Parked at Fort Canning Park and walked down to the ticketing counter... SMU students can go in for free! Yay! Lolx. Not sure if it's the same for other uni students, u all can go try =P

This is the first painting I saw... A baroque painting... Biggest one of all... It's a portrait of a nobleman =)

Theme of this artwork is the 5 senses... Didn't know lidat oso can use as theme wor. Haha!

This is one of my favourites- A Restorer of Paintings by Henri De Braekeleer.

I took more pictures of contemporary art although I prefer the traditional paintings, cos' it's very difficult to take a nice photo of paintings, whereas contemporary art has more installations etc... The following are all contemporary liao...

Orange Border by Koen Van den Broek (*Do note that some of the photos are edited by me on purpose cos' I think it looks nice, and the original work do not look like that in actual fact. For example, this one. Haha!)

Helena's Sculpture by Vaast Colson. This one is quite interesting. Inside this whole big piece of furniture actually stores all the portraits of this girl called Helena, who is the daughter of another artist named Martin Kippenberger. According to the description, it is "intended to be kept together as a whole. They only rarely see the light and form a mysterious whole for the viewers, who can only evoke Helena in their imaginations". When I took a peep inside at the portrait, I decided that imagining is better than seeing.

Form by Jan J. Schoonhoven. I just find the combination of geometric shapes interesting... Somehow I keep thinking they r chinese words. Haha!
Garbage by Charif Benhelima (*)
In Flanders' Field by Berlinde De Bruyckere
Somehow, the title makes me think of Owen's poems that we were taught for English Lit in JC... And this image reminds me of the war scenes that Ms.Kwok had described...
Verite Expose by Ana Torfs: Verite means truth...
Untitled by Gert Robijns: These look like heart shapes to me... But I don't think that's what they are supposed to be actually. Haha!
Speedy Take it easy (foreground) Untitled (background) by Gert Robijns: The small screen on the ground shows a mouse, and when people approach it, the mouse would "run" to the screen on the other side... But somehow the mouse did not disappear although I stood in front of the screen for a long time and even waved about... Lolx.

This is not an artwork. It's just a tabletop displaying the various reports on what this artist, Francis Alys, did to a mountain in Peru. The project is called When Faith Moves Mountains. U know what the artist did? He got 500 volunteers to displace a large sand dune near the slums surrounding Lima, Peru, by a few cm! 愚公移山 the angmoh way! =P

I think the most entertaining of all were the video works... There was one which taught people how to pickpocket! Lolx. I was so engrossed in it that I forgot the time and was late for dinner appointment with D-kor and Aunty Doreen!

We went to this western food restaurant called Buckaroo off Sembawang Road... Very ulu, can't go without car man!
Ambience quite good...
Quite interesting decorations around...
Spoilt for choice, don't know what to order...
My cute chocolate milkshake... Unfortunately it didn't taste as good as it looked... Not thick enough.
Nacho cheese fries! This one is the BEST! Totally... The more u eat the hungrier u get! Hahaha! I'll certainly go back for this dish. This only, in fact. Haha!
Escargots. Only Aunty Doreen dared to eat them... She said it's good.
Buffalo wings... Not bad lah, but mum's fried chicken wings taste so much more finger lickin' good! =P
D-kor had pork burger... This is the mashed potato that came with it. We found it cute cos' there's biscuit too. Haha!I had chicken chop... With some special sauce lah. It tasted terrible. Meat was so hard and tasteless... The sauce didn't help much... So our conclusion was that this restaurant might be good for its steaks (we can't eat beef) or maybe people just go there for their appetisers.

Upon reaching home, D-kor and I played Guitar Hero... Only to realise to our horror that the orange pad for the drum set is not working! Cos' the wire had melted! Lousy quality!

So D-kor quickly went online to search for solutions...
And got down to fixing the thing... We managed to salvage our Guitar Hero drum set! 3 cheers to D-kor! =D better play with it more while it still works. Haha!

2009-10-01T23:58:00.004+08:00

30th September 2009

Went to Yifang's place for lunch! She cooked noodles, her hometown style =D yummy leh~~ I thought it is comparable to the Xin Hua Restaurant's leh, but then she humble, keep saying it tastes very plain... It's filled with ingredients, still say it's plain!? Lolx... If not for it being my "breakfast" (I woke up very late), I could've eaten more! =P

Shangyi, look!!

Here are the lucky people who got the chance to try Yifang's culinary skills! Heehee... And I actually became part of Samantha's photography homework along with Yifang's grandmother, cos' she had to tell a story with 6 photos... Quite fun! Though I feel paiseh acting. Haha... Oh and Huang Huan flew off that night... Have a fun year in UK! =)

1st October 2009

Happy Children's Day! Yeap, way past that age, but still... I really miss having Children's Day school holidays! Lolx...

Went to the airport to send Bing Qiang off... He's flying back to UK too! And he helped me bring some mooncake over to Shangyi! Really appreciate it very much... Haha... Told Bing Qiang the total weight is 300g, end up the things actually weighed like 2.4kg? xD so paiseh... Luckily he still agreed to help! Heehee... Thanks a lot! =D

Took this on the MRT on our way home, so the original picture was very blur! Haha edited it into a colour pencil sketch using an online editor called Lunapic. Very useful editor, can go try if u r interested... =)

2009-09-30T18:02:00.003+08:00

Presenting to u... My 2 elder brothers.

CW-kor: "Senang" lifestyle...

D-kor: Charge ahead!

Hahaha! Can see the difference in their character in one photo eh? =P in case u r wondering, the moustache is fake... Lolx. Took this 2 pics using my HP camera and edited using my HP too! =)

2009-09-29T17:32:00.007+08:00

NOTHING'S GONNA CHANGE MY LOVE FOR YOU

If I had to live my life without you near me

The days would all be empty

The nights would seem so long

With you I see forever oh so clearly

I might have been in love before

But it never felt this strong

Our dreams are young

And we both know they'll take us

Where we want to go

Hold me now

Touch me now

I don't want to live without you

Nothing's gonna change my love for you

You ought know by now how much I love you

One thing you can be sure of

I'll never ask for more than your love

Nothing's gonna change my love for you

You ought know by now how much I love you

The world may change my whole life through

But nothing's gonna change my love for you

If the road ahead is not so easy,

Our love will lead the way for us

Like a guiding star

I'll be there for you if you should need me

You don't have to change a thing

I love you just the way you are

So come with me and share the view

I'll help you see forever too

2009-09-28T15:42:00.011+08:00

27th September 2009

Mid-Autumn Festival is coming~ It's the coming Saturday I think?

And so we had a gathering at my place! With my family grandma, aunts, uncles, cousins and godbro! Oh I love this picture =D

Once again, I am gonna advertise for my boys:

Handsome guy #1: Dominic
Handsome guy #2: Dee Jin

Handsome guy #3: Jeremy

Hahaha... Yeap, we had a sumptuous dinner, then went into the "music room" and started singing KTV... Woo, shiok! =D fortunately, all of us are capable of singing in tune =P this is Dominic singing "Forever Love"! Although the voice isn't very polished, his singing very got feel wor! =P muahahaha... Yeap. Then after awhile, the adults came crashing in and started singing oldies! Lolx. OK lah, quite fun. Aunty Doreen can sing very well n there was even dance performance from Aunty Jessica! Hahaha... Can go and see my facebook video if u r interested ;)

Then at around 10pm, we had mooncake~ There were many varieties to choose from, but I only like this type of traditional mooncake =)

In the past, we drink tea with mooncake. Now? Grow up liao wor, drink alcohol! Haha... But I didn't drink lah, cos' I'd really prefer tea over alcohol. Haha! =P

28th September 2009

Happy 19th Birthday Huei Minn! =D

2009-09-26T17:38:00.003+08:00

跟家人、好朋友、男朋友或宠物吵架了？别担心！我有个好地方介绍给你，可以带她，他或它去！;)

Tadah! 和好后还可以买蛋糕庆祝！ =P

2009-09-24T23:54:00.010+08:00

18th September

Back to band! =D Shangyi had encouraged me to mix more in school before she flew back, so after piano this day, instead of eating alone or just loitering on my own like what I always do in the past, I contacted Xiao Han and asked if they are going to have dinner together. So I had dinner with some of the bandsmen at Kopitiam, and actually talked to some people whom I've never ever spoken to before! Feels quite good =)

This is my section (excluding me, the photographer)...

This 3 are the September babies! =D I've only spoken to the guy on the extreme right, cos' he's a bassoonist, so I sat beside him. The other two... Hopefully I'd speak to them at least once before the end of this term? Haha!

Chocolates from Ms.Chong! Heehee...

20th September

Met up with my childhood playmates! =D drove papa's car to fetch them to my place, then we checked movie timings and finally decided on watching Phobia 2 at AMK Hub.

This 3 are so excited about watching horror lah! I was shivering loe... Lolx. So anyways, Dee Jin and Huei Minn told us that the bubble tea at this KOI Cafe is very nice, so we went to buy one for each of us and kept them in Dee Jin's backpack =P

Next stop, we went to Shihlin to buy the XXL Chicken Cutlet, wanted to bring in to the cinema, but we were too early, so ended up eating before going in. Dominic always craves for Shihlin chicken... Is that the secret to your height, Dom? =P

Handsome Guy #1: Dominic

Handsome Guy #2: Dee Jin

Handsome Guy #3: Jeremy

Jeremy only came to join us after the movie, when we were having dinner at New York New York. Phobia 2 is a horror movie that consists of 5 short stories... As usual, I wasn't watching 95% of the time. Haha! =P I dislike horror, but had a great time screaming with them! Haha... I think watching horror is fun with a big group of people lah, all scream together, quite shiok. Haha... Shangyi, we can all go watch together when u come back! ;)

Saw this cute baby at New York New York.Looks like a boy... Finger-food, yummy! =PPeople whom I've known and played together since young... =D

We had a great time catching up at New York New York, then felt paiseh to sit there after we had finished our food, so decided to go up to Aunty Doreen's house to stayover! Although we didn't do much there, it's still enjoyable to just all squeeze in one room! Haha... I shared one single bed with Huei Minn while the 3 boys just lie around on the floor! Just by looking how much more space we needed for the stayover, we know that we've grown a lot... Haha!

21st September

Next morning, grandma brought all of us to Sun Plaza for McDonald's breakfast! Mr.Dom here ate 2 meals! 发育期间... =P

And I couldn't even finish one meal on my own, gave the hashbrown to Jeremy! I remember when I was young, my godma always bring me and Jeremy to McDonald's, cos this boy simply love all the junk food! Now? Grow up liao, don't even like to drink soft drinks anymore! Haha...

After breakfast, we played a bit of Wii as Jeremy wanted to play bowling. Haha... But Dominic had to go home to do work and I have an appointment too, so we went home at around 10am. Sent all of them home before going home to change and pack my bag...

Before I chiong-ed out again! Haha... Took bus to NYJC with Yan Rui. We went there to study! So hardworking right... B-) hahaha! Very got feel to study back in NY leh... Got the "I want to study" feel... Haha... But we got restless after studying for a few hours, so took a walk around the school... Arh, miss days NY!

We walked past the cabin classrooms and saw this beautiful bird standing on the corridor...

Sleeping leh! It was standing there, "nodding"... Like dozing off kind... Haha!

Evil Yan Rui wanted to catch it, but I kicked him away in time =X hahaha no lah, I am not so violent. Managed to stop him =P

22nd September

I like the colour. Haha... Met up with NY clique at Iluma, had dinner at this place called Benten Cafe.

It sells Japanese food. As usual, I had Cha Shu Ramen! Haha... The food tasted ok... But I was very disgusted by the waiter. He doesn't know anything! Diana asked him whether they have soup, he replied "erm, I don't know, I am new here"!! And I answered Diana "don't have". Please loe! Being new isn't an excuse at all! One glimpse at the menu and u'd know liao leh! *faints* worst waiter I've ever seen! xD

After dinner, Diana and I went to watch The Ugly Truth at Film Garde, the new cinema... It was super empty, I LIKE! Hahaha... I laughed loudly and I was practically rocking back and forth throughout the movie... Super hilarious lah... But it's just for laughs kinda movie lah, if u r looking for SUBSTANCE then please, stay away from this show. Haha! I quite enjoyed it though, I liked the actress =) meet up again soon, gals!

24th September

原来月亮也有地心吸引力！=P

2009-09-17T21:44:00.003+08:00

Nothing particularly happening around me these days... So do expect a lot of random posts. Haha... For this post, the theme is: It's a Babies' Season!! =D

This pic was taken a few weeks ago when Shangyi was still in Singapore... We were randomly walking around Bugis Junction, then I decided to bring her to the top level of BHG to look at babies' stuff! Haha... SO CUTE right!? I mean the clothes. Hahaha... But I think it's quite funny with both of us roaming around that level, picking up children clothes and shopping as if we were buying for our children! Hahaha probably that's only possible 10 years down the road? Though I think chances are slim for me still =X haha...

Next is my niece's 1st month party!! It was on 13th September =) erm, no, please do not be mistaken, this is my cousin's daughter, not my bro's!! Yupei jie's gonna kill me... Oh but Yupei jie, u ask me not to put on facebook, blog can right? =D heehee... I think babies of this age all look the same leh... All very cute also! Muahahaha... She's so small lah... I dare not carry her... Me and D-kor keep "poking" the baby's arms and legs, squishy squishy de =P hahaha... Yupei jie, y u take the baby's bolster? Bully her leh u... Lolx.

Ok that's all for my randomness today =P

2009-09-15T02:45:00.013+08:00

Hahaha... CW-kor introduced this to me... Interesting... I love acapella! =D

2009-09-11T23:56:00.004+08:00

这个时间，你应该刚抵达法国吧？

还以为经历过两次了，第三次应该没什么，但却发觉，原来... 我永远都不会习惯的... 保重啦...

2009-09-09T23:33:00.006+08:00

Met Shangyi at Bishan J8 for movie in the morning. Watched "Bandslam". Yeah, the story might be the usual "shy beauty meets lonely plain boy and falls in love" and "teens with a dream get it big", but I still enjoyed it very much. I guess watching people of my own age acting on the big screen and the fact that music is integrated into the storyline just brings up my interest a lot more easier. I think one of the parts I loved most from the movie is same as Shangyi? Cos' it was really hilarious... Kissing with humour and tinged with innocent love. Lolx. I didn't even bother holding back my laughter cos' I bet my stomach would burst if I tried to suppress it. Haha! =P

After the show, we took the MRT all the way to Simei. I think it is only the 3rd time or so in my life that I've been to Simei. Haha! And Mrs.Ng picked us up from the station! *so touched*

Here's Shangyi and I at Mrs.Ng's condo unit! Her condo is beautiful! A very novel theme with all the nice wildlife sculptures... The colour scheme is very soothing too, I felt very relaxed upon going in the main gate loe... And I liked her apartment too, cos' it has ample natural light and feels spacious with the usage of light tones and mirrors inside...

But of cos' the nicest of it all is Mrs.Ng's son!! SO CUTE...... 真的是人见人爱呀！When we came out of the elevator, Mrs.Ng put Luke down to let him walk on his own to the door, and he came to HOLD MY HAND!! *faints with overwhelming happiness* lolx. I tried to take a pic with him, but underestimated my own height. Haha!

Aunty Shangyi looks so fierce, don't play with her lah... Hahaha!

Luke is an extremely intelligent boy! He can recognise all the trains from Thomas & Friends, although they all look almost same to us except for some detailed differences! Then when Mrs.Ng read storybooks or showed picture cards to him, he could easily identify the words and pictures! Amazing... As for how the photo is related to this... It's taken by Luke with my camera! I taught him how to, and immediately he could do it with my help in holding up the camera!
Aiyo so handsome! He really likes me loe, take photo with me also smile until lidat. MUAHAHAHA =P
Group photo attempt #1
Group photo attempt #2

Luke was really a joy to play with, and of cos' it was also nice chatting with Mrs.Ng! Mothers are really noble... We had fun playing with Luke, but it is another matter altogether to actually take care of a child 24/7! I think Mrs.Ng is an example of a good parent, cos' she dotes on Luke but scolds him when he is mischievous as well! This, I will remember when I have my own children in future... 家教... Thank you Mrs.Ng for having us over! =D

Shangyi and I reluctantly bidded goodbye to Mrs.Ng and Luke in the evening... Shangyi had some work to do, so we had to go to the airport. Shangyi always has very interesting ideas... It's amazing how she seem to be able to draw inspiration from anywhere and everywhere around her... But I got really hungry about an hour later, so she had to stop work and rush down to dinner cos' of me... So sorry!

Dinner was at Cineleisure with Huay Han and Poh Boon. Made the guy wait for 30min+! Paiseh paiseh... But Poh Boon was very gentlemanly and still greeted us with smiles when we finally reached. Shangy and I both find it incredible how we are mixing a whole lot more with our classmates after graduating from JC when people usually lose contact in contrast. We are in fact very happy that this is happening, so hopefully we can keep it up...

Today was a special day to many, for a simple reason: the date is 09.09.09. It was a special day to me too, for an even simpler reason: the date is Shangyi =)